American Samoa: Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2021, American Samoa had the 4th highest value of the 199 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to American Samoa in the 2021 ranking

• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 1st of 199: 23.63%
• Cuba — 2nd of 199: 13.01%
• Marshall Islands — 3rd of 199: 12.74%
• Solomon Islands — 5th of 199: 9.94%
• Botswana — 6th of 199: 9.48%
• Virgin Islands (US) — 7th of 199: 9.36%

What this measures

Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.

Limitations: Public education expenditures are considered an addition to savings. However, because of the wide variability in the effectiveness of public education expenditures, these figures cannot be construed as the value of investments in human capital. A current expenditure of $1 on education does not necessarily yield $1 of human capital. The calculation should also consider private education expenditure, but data are not available for a large number of countries.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 52 values

Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) in nearby economies

• Australia — 5.01% (2021)
• Brunei Darussalam — 3.99% (2021)
• Cambodia — 1.76% (2021)
• China — 1.79% (2021)
• Fiji — 3.96% (2021)
• French Polynesia — 0.5% (2021)
• Guam — 8.32% (2021)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 2.83% (2021)
• Indonesia — 3.27% (2021)
• Japan

More economic policy & debt data for American Samoa

• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) — US$17.65 million (2021)
• Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) — 12,688 (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$621 million (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 621 million (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure, linked series (current LCU) — 621 million (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is American Samoa's adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI)?

11.76% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is unchanged since 1970. The highest value was 11.76% in 1970 and the lowest 11.76% in 1970.

How does American Samoa rank?

4th highest of 199 economies with data for 2021.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Statistical Yearbook, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; Online database, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.AEDU.GN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Statistical Yearbook, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; Online database, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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