What is the difference in primary education, pupils, per capita between Samoa and South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?

0.0645 units per person, with Samoa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?

43 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

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.

Samoa vs South Asia (IDA & IBRD): Primary education, pupils, per capita

Samoa

0.1604 units per person

in 2024

South Asia (IDA & IBRD)

0.0959 units per person

in 2024

Samoa rank

27th

South Asia (IDA & IBRD) rank

25th

Primary education, pupils, per capita over time

Samoa
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 0.1604 units per person against 0.0959 units per person in South Asia (IDA & IBRD), a difference of 0.0645 units per person.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.7 times South Asia (IDA & IBRD)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1970 it was South Asia (IDA & IBRD) ahead.

Samoa ranks 27th and South Asia (IDA & IBRD) ranks 25th of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Samoa	South Asia (IDA & IBRD)	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.1804 units per person	0.1124 units per person	0.068 units per person	Samoa
1980s	0.1649 units per person	0.1052 units per person	0.0597 units per person	Samoa
1990s	0.1537 units per person	0.112 units per person	0.0417 units per person	Samoa
2000s	0.1619 units per person	0.1118 units per person	0.0501 units per person	Samoa
2010s	0.158 units per person	0.1048 units per person	0.0532 units per person	Samoa
2020s	0.1624 units per person	0.092 units per person	0.0704 units per person	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, pupils, per capita, Samoa or South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?: Samoa, at 0.1604 units per person against 0.0959 units per person in South Asia (IDA & IBRD) as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary education, pupils, per capita between Samoa and South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?: 0.0645 units per person, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Samoa and South Asia (IDA & IBRD) rank globally for primary education, pupils, per capita?: Samoa ranks 27th and South Asia (IDA & IBRD) ranks 25th of 206 countries.
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: 02 September 2026

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.