Youth literacy in Samoa

In Samoa, 99.0% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2019.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1991 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Samoa is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Samoa, 2019 99.0% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2017 −1.0percentage points 2017: 100.0%

Youth literacy in Samoa over time

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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 (% of people aged 15 to 24), 2011 to 2019
Period Samoa
2019 99.0%
2017 100.0%
2016 99.7%
2011 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 100.0% in 2017, a change of −1.0 percentage points.
  • Since 1991, when it was 99.0%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
LR.AG15T24 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 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