Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Samoa
Samoa: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 22.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Samoa, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Samoa is 22.7%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 25.7% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Samoa peaked at 32.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 18.6%, in 2020.
Samoa ranks 157th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.7% | 31.7% | 31.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 32.5% | 32.4% | 32.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 24.9% | 21.8% | 30.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 23.2% | 18.6% | 30.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 154 Sierra Leone 25.0% compare
- 155 Equatorial Guinea 24.1% compare
- 156 Tokelau 23.3% compare
- 158 Micronesia (country) 21.7% compare
- 159 Senegal 21.3% compare
- 160 Lesotho 20.6% compare
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 enrolled in pre-primary school in Samoa?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Samoa was 22.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 32.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.6% in 2020.
- How does Samoa rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Samoa ranks 157th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.