Share of primary school teachers who are women in Samoa
Samoa: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 80.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Samoa, 1975–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of primary school teachers who are women in Samoa stood at 80.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Samoa peaked at 81.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 63.6%, in 1975.
Samoa ranks 88th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 66.8% | 63.6% | 70.2% | 5 |
| 1980s | 72.2% | 71.3% | 73.8% | 4 |
| 1990s | 71.4% | 71.1% | 71.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 71.9% | 71.2% | 72.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 77.3% | 77.3% | 77.3% | 1 |
| 2020s | 80.9% | 80.8% | 81.1% | 2 |
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 share of primary school teachers who are women in Samoa?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Samoa was 80.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 81.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.6% in 1975.
- How does Samoa rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Samoa ranks 88th out of 212 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. 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 Share of primary school teachers who are women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.