Samoa: Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)

Key figures

Since 1998 it is up 8.74 percentage points from 107.24% in 1998. The World Bank has no value for 7 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2018, Samoa's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) fell 1.09 percentage points on 2017 (from 117.07% to 115.98%).

Across the 9 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2017), the average change was +2.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.56 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 19.73 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.16 percentage points in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 9 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 2018, Samoa had the 12th highest value of the 79 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 Samoa in the 2018 ranking

• Hong Kong SAR, China — 8th of 79: 117.23%
• Viet Nam — 9th of 79: 116.98%
• San Marino — 10th of 79: 116%
• Namibia — 12th of 79: 113.92%
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 13th of 79: 111.59%
• Albania — 14th of 79: 111.17%

What this measures

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.

Limitations: The quality of data is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished in the first grade of primary education. Caution is also needed for countries with a total population under 100,000 since the United Nations Population Division neither publish nor endorse single-age data for those countries. The data are highly subject to fluctuations in migration and other factors.

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

All 14 values

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies

• Brunei Darussalam — 101.05% (2018)
• Cambodia — 102.31% (2018)
• China — 103.26% (2018)
• Fiji — 109.69% (2016)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 117.23% (2018)
• Indonesia — 100.52% (2018)
• Kiribati — 102.46% (2017)
• Korea, Rep.

More education data for Samoa

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 34,962 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 101.04% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 99.1% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 102.89% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1 (2021)
• Primary education, pupils (% female) — 48.01% (2018)

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Questions people ask

What is Samoa's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)?

115.98% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1998?

It is up 8.74 percentage points from 107.24% in 1998. The highest value was 124.57% in 2010 and the lowest 100.95% in 2015.

How does Samoa rank?

12th highest of 79 economies with data for 2018.

Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) unusual for Samoa?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, 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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