Primary completion (UIS) in Samoa

Name: Primary completion (UIS) in Samoa
Creator: UNESCO UIS
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

In Samoa, 98.1% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2019.

Completion rate, primary education % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2019 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS

Samoa, 2019 98.1% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age

Position in 2019 35th of 61 See the full ranking

Primary completion (UIS) in Samoa over time

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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2019 to 2019
Period	Samoa
2019	98.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

Among the 61 countries with data for 2019, Samoa has the 35th highest value.

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All statistics for Samoa

Lower secondary completion 97.0% 2019 · UNESCO UIS Primary school completion rate 100.0% 2024 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 30.1% 2025 · ILOSTAT Upper secondary completion 57.0% 2019 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 1.8% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 0.8% 2024 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer: UNESCO UIS
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code: CR.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2019 to 2019 for Samoa
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org

How Samoa compares in 2019 Neighbouring positions among 61 countries with a value for 2019.

32 Ecuador 98.2%
33 Portugal 98.1%
34 Uruguay 98.1%
35 Samoa 98.1%
36 Spain 98.0%
37 Panama 97.4%
38 Peru 97.4%

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Samoa by sex

Total 98.1%2019
Girls 99.2%2019
Boys 97.0%2019

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What this measures

Share of children aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of primary school who have completed primary education, mostly measured in household surveys (SDG indicator 4.1.2).

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This survey-based rate differs from the World Bank's primary completion rate, which compares new entrants to the last grade with the population of that age.

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