Latin America & Caribbean vs Samoa: Primary education, pupils, per capita

Latin America & Caribbean
0.0928 units per person
in 2024
Samoa
0.1604 units per person
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean rank
28th
Samoa rank
27th

Primary education, pupils, per capita over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 0.1604 units per person against 0.0928 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 0.0676 units per person.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.7 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Latin America & Caribbean ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 28th and Samoa ranks 27th of 45 groups.

Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean Samoa Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1567 units per person 0.1804 units per person 0.0237 units per person Samoa
1980s 0.1551 units per person 0.1649 units per person 0.0098 units per person Samoa
1990s 0.1353 units per person 0.1537 units per person 0.0184 units per person Samoa
2000s 0.126 units per person 0.1619 units per person 0.0359 units per person Samoa
2010s 0.1053 units per person 0.158 units per person 0.0527 units per person Samoa
2020s 0.0948 units per person 0.1624 units per person 0.0676 units per person Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, pupils, per capita, Latin America & Caribbean or Samoa?
Samoa, at 0.1604 units per person against 0.0928 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary education, pupils, per capita between Latin America & Caribbean and Samoa?
0.0676 units per person, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Samoa?
43 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Samoa rank globally for primary education, pupils, per capita?
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 28th and Samoa ranks 27th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Primary education, pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 11,297 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Primary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.