Primary completion rate, male in Samoa
Samoa: Primary completion rate, male was 101.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in Samoa, 1999–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, male in Samoa stood at 101.5%.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in Samoa peaked at 112.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 88.7%, in 2001.
Samoa ranks 27th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, male in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 100.6% | — |
| 2000 | 95.5% | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 88.7% | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 104.1% | +17.4% |
| 2009 | 104.1% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 104.3% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 98.9% | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 103.4% | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 105.8% | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 105.2% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 112.1% | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 105.8% | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 108.9% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 100.1% | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 107.8% | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 100.9% | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 102.6% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 99.7% | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 101.5% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.6% | 100.6% | 100.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 98.1% | 88.7% | 104.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 105.0% | 98.9% | 112.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 102.5% | 99.7% | 107.8% | 5 |
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More education data for Samoa
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,558 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, male in Samoa?
- Primary completion rate, male in Samoa was 101.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 112.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.7% in 2001.
- How does Samoa rank for primary completion rate, male?
- Samoa ranks 27th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.