Share of children who have completed primary school in Samoa
Samoa: Share of children who have completed primary school was 98.5% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of children who have completed primary school in Samoa, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of children who have completed primary school in Samoa stood at 98.5%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who have completed primary school in Samoa peaked at 98.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 96.1%, in 1981.
Samoa ranks 71st of 165 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 96.4% | 96.1% | 96.6% | 9 |
| 1990s | 97.0% | 96.7% | 97.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 97.5% | 97.3% | 97.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.1% | 97.8% | 98.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.4% | 98.3% | 98.5% | 6 |
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 children who have completed primary school in Samoa?
- Share of children who have completed primary school in Samoa was 98.5% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 98.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.1% in 1981.
- How does Samoa rank for share of children who have completed primary school?
- Samoa ranks 71st out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who have completed primary school rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who have completed primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children who are three to five years older than the official age for the last grade of primary education who have successfully completed it. This broader age band is used to include children who started school late or had to resit particular years.