School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Samoa
Samoa: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9626 GPIA in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Samoa, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Samoa is 0.9626 GPIA, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Samoa peaked at 1.11 GPIA in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.9361 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Samoa 167th out of 209 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 43 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9361 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.03 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.9819 GPIA | 0.9654 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9841 GPIA | 0.9644 GPIA | 0.9955 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9819 GPIA | 0.9733 GPIA | 0.9947 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9713 GPIA | 0.9626 GPIA | 0.9825 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More education data for Samoa
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 101.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,558 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.8 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Samoa?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Samoa was 0.9626 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 GPIA in 1975.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9361 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Samoa rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Samoa ranks 167th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. 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, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release