Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in Samoa
Samoa: Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity was 100.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
100.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 133 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 2016
All-time low
99.4%
in 2020
Years of data
9
2016–2024
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in Samoa, 2016–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in Samoa stood at 100.0%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in Samoa peaked at 100.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 99.4%, in 2020.
Samoa ranks 1st of 133 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 100.0% | — |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.4% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.4% | 100.0% | 5 |
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More education data for Samoa
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.04 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in Samoa?
- Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity in Samoa was 100.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with access to electricity recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.4% in 2020.
- How does Samoa rank for proportion of primary schools with access to electricity?
- Samoa ranks 1st out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of primary schools with access to electricity rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of primary schools with access to electricity (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release