Official entrance age to lower secondary education in American Samoa
American Samoa: Official entrance age to lower secondary education was 12 years in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
12 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
30th
of 215 countries
All-time high
14 years
in 1989
All-time low
12 years
in 1998
Years of data
20
1989–2025
Official entrance age to lower secondary education in American Samoa, 1989–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
American Samoa recorded 12 years for official entrance age to lower secondary education in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to lower secondary education in American Samoa peaked at 14 years in 1989 and was at its lowest, 12 years, in 1998.
That places American Samoa 30th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Official entrance age to lower secondary education in American Samoa, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 14 years | — |
| 1990 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 14 years | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 12 years | -14.3% |
| 1999 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 12 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14 years | 14 years | 14 years | 1 |
| 1990s | 13.6 years | 12 years | 14 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 3 |
| 2020s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near American Samoa
- 30 Aruba 12 years compare
- 30 Angola 12 years compare
- 30 Andorra 12 years compare
- 30 Argentina 12 years compare
- 30 Antigua and Barbuda 12 years compare
- 30 Australia 12 years compare
- 30 Burundi 12 years compare
- 30 Belgium 12 years compare
- 30 Benin 12 years compare
- 30 Burkina Faso 12 years compare
- 30 Bahrain 12 years compare
- 30 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12 years compare
- 30 Brunei Darussalam 12 years compare
- 30 Bhutan 12 years compare
- 30 Central African Republic 12 years compare
- 30 Canada 12 years compare
- 30 Switzerland 12 years compare
- 30 Chile 12 years compare
- 30 China 12 years compare
- 30 Côte d'Ivoire 12 years compare
- 30 Cameroon 12 years compare
- 30 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 12 years compare
- 30 Congo 12 years compare
- 30 Cape Verde 12 years compare
- 30 Costa Rica 12 years compare
- 30 Cuba 12 years compare
- 30 Curacao 12 years compare
- 30 Cyprus 12 years compare
- 30 Dominica 12 years compare
- 30 Dominican Republic 12 years compare
- 30 Ecuador 12 years compare
- 30 Egypt 12 years compare
- 30 Spain 12 years compare
- 30 Fiji 12 years compare
- 30 Micronesia (country) 12 years compare
- 30 Georgia 12 years compare
- 30 Ghana 12 years compare
- 30 Guinea-Bissau 12 years compare
- 30 Greece 12 years compare
- 30 Grenada 12 years compare
- 30 Guyana 12 years compare
- 30 Hong Kong 12 years compare
- 30 Honduras 12 years compare
- 30 Haiti 12 years compare
- 30 Iran 12 years compare
- 30 Iraq 12 years compare
- 30 Israel 12 years compare
- 30 Jamaica 12 years compare
- 30 Jordan 12 years compare
- 30 Japan 12 years compare
- 30 Kenya 12 years compare
- 30 Cambodia 12 years compare
- 30 Kiribati 12 years compare
- 30 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 years compare
- 30 Republic of Korea 12 years compare
- 30 Lebanon 12 years compare
- 30 Liberia 12 years compare
- 30 Libya 12 years compare
- 30 Saint Lucia 12 years compare
- 30 Liechtenstein 12 years compare
- 30 Luxembourg 12 years compare
- 30 Macao 12 years compare
- 30 Morocco 12 years compare
- 30 Maldives 12 years compare
- 30 Mexico 12 years compare
- 30 Marshall Islands 12 years compare
- 30 Mauritania 12 years compare
- 30 Malawi 12 years compare
- 30 Malaysia 12 years compare
- 30 Nigeria 12 years compare
- 30 Nicaragua 12 years compare
- 30 Netherlands 12 years compare
- 30 Naoero 12 years compare
- 30 Panama 12 years compare
- 30 Peru 12 years compare
- 30 Philippines 12 years compare
- 30 Palau 12 years compare
- 30 Puerto Rico 12 years compare
- 30 North Korea 12 years compare
- 30 Portugal 12 years compare
- 30 Paraguay 12 years compare
- 30 Qatar 12 years compare
- 30 Rwanda 12 years compare
- 30 Saudi Arabia 12 years compare
- 30 Sudan 12 years compare
- 30 Senegal 12 years compare
- 30 Singapore 12 years compare
- 30 Solomon Islands 12 years compare
- 30 Sierra Leone 12 years compare
- 30 South Sudan 12 years compare
- 30 Sao Tome and Principe 12 years compare
- 30 Suriname 12 years compare
- 30 Slovenia 12 years compare
- 30 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 12 years compare
- 30 Seychelles 12 years compare
- 30 Syria 12 years compare
- 30 Turks and Caicos Islands 12 years compare
- 30 Chad 12 years compare
- 30 Togo 12 years compare
- 30 Thailand 12 years compare
- 30 Timor-Leste 12 years compare
- 30 Tonga 12 years compare
- 30 Trinidad and Tobago 12 years compare
- 30 Tunisia 12 years compare
- 30 Tuvalu 12 years compare
- 30 Uruguay 12 years compare
- 30 United States 12 years compare
- 30 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12 years compare
- 30 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 12 years compare
- 30 British Virgin Islands 12 years compare
- 30 United States Virgin Islands 12 years compare
- 30 Vanuatu 12 years compare
- 30 Yemen 12 years compare
More education data for American Samoa
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -6.46 % change on previous year (1992)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0501 % change on previous year (1997)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2,694 (1992)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 5.25 % change on previous year (1989)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 634 (2007)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.81 % change on previous year (1989)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 973 (2007)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to lower secondary education in American Samoa?
- Official entrance age to lower secondary education in American Samoa was 12 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to lower secondary education recorded in American Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 14 years in 1989.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to lower secondary education recorded in American Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 years in 1998.
- How does American Samoa rank for official entrance age to lower secondary education?
- American Samoa ranks 30th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official entrance age to lower secondary education rising or falling in American Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this American Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Official entrance age to lower secondary education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 20 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release