School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Samoa
Samoa: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 0.6072 years in 2018. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Samoa, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Samoa stood at 0.6072 years. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.9% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Samoa peaked at 0.6072 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0922 years, in 1970.
Samoa ranks 137th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 | 0.1383 years | 0.0922 years | 0.212 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.2468 years | 0.158 years | 0.3357 years | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.5188 years | 0.4623 years | 0.5752 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3922 years | 0.3922 years | 0.3922 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.5679 years | 0.5285 years | 0.6072 years | 2 |
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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, male in Samoa?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Samoa was 0.6072 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6072 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0922 years in 1970.
- How does Samoa rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- Samoa ranks 137th 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, male (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.