Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Samoa

Gross tertiary enrolment in Samoa was 16.0% in 2024.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Samoa, 2024 16.0% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 +1.4percentage points 2023: 14.6%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Samoa over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period SamoaWorld
2024 16.0% 43.6%
2023 14.6% 43.2%
2022 18.6% 42.0%
2021 19.1% 41.1%
2020 17.3% 39.7%
2019 13.6% 38.7%
2018 14.2% 37.9%
2017 13.3% 37.5%
2016 – 37.1%
2015 – 36.6%
2014 – 35.6%
2013 – 33.1%
2012 – 32.3%
2011 – 31.1%
2010 – 29.6%
2009 – 28.3%
2008 – 27.4%
2007 – 26.3%
2006 – 25.7%
2005 – 24.3%
2004 – 23.6%
2003 – 22.8%
2002 – 21.6%
2001 – 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.4 percentage points from 14.6% in 2023.
  • Since 1998, when it was 8.6%, the figure has changed by +7.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024 for Samoa
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics