Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Samoa
Samoa: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 5.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Samoa, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Samoa stood at 5.5%.
That represents a change of down 10.7% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Samoa peaked at 6.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2000.
Samoa ranks 38th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.2% | 3.6% | 5.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 4.0% | 5.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 5.5% | 4.5% | 6.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More education data for Samoa
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,558 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.8 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Samoa?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Samoa was 5.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2000.
- How does Samoa rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Samoa ranks 38th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.