School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Samoa
Samoa: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 1.27 years in 2018. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Samoa, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 1.27 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in 2018. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 15.8% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Samoa peaked at 1.27 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0009 years, in 1970.
Samoa ranks 111th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0159 years | 0.0009 years | 0.0489 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.0898 years | 0.0268 years | 0.1527 years | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.5246 years | 0.4456 years | 0.6036 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3619 years | 0.3619 years | 0.3619 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.18 years | 1.1 years | 1.27 years | 2 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 108 Cape Verde 1.37 years compare
- 109 Sri Lanka 1.3 years compare
- 110 Seychelles 1.28 years compare
- 112 Liechtenstein 1.23 years compare
- 113 Aruba 1.16 years compare
- 114 Bermuda 1.14 years compare
More education data for Samoa
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.1% (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 school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Samoa?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Samoa was 1.27 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0009 years in 1970.
- How does Samoa rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Samoa ranks 111th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.