Samoa's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) was 92.3% in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.31 percentage points from 91.99% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 92.3% | 2019 |
| Five years earlier | 91.99% | 2014 |
| Highest | 92.3% | 2019 |
| Lowest | 74.25% | 2010 |
| Average since 2010 | 88.24% | 2010–2019 |
| First recorded | 88.5% | 1999 |
Over five years it is up 0.31 percentage points from 91.99% in 2014. Since 1999 it is up 3.8 percentage points from 88.5% in 1999. The World Bank has no value for 11 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
From 2010 to 2019 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.08 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 32% of the movement over 8 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2019, Samoa had the 4th highest value of the 10 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Samoa | 92.3% | 2019 |
| World | 77.64% | 2023 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 94.96% | 2021 |
| Upper middle income | 93.66% | 2022 |
Closest to Samoa in the 2019 ranking
- Kazakhstan — 1st of 10: 100%
- Iceland — 2nd of 10: 99.56%
- Brunei Darussalam — 3rd of 10: 96.46%
- Zimbabwe — 5th of 10: 84.42%
- Lao PDR — 6th of 10: 79.82%
- Cambodia — 7th of 10: 75.26%
What this measures
Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
Limitations: The estimates have limitations in capturing real trend in that an observed rate will be applied to the underlying indicators such as repetition rate and promotion rate throughout the cohort life, and re-entrants, grade skipping, migration or transfers during a school year are not adequately captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 10 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 92.3 |
| 2018 | 91.13 |
| 2017 | 85.08 |
| 2016 | 90.66 |
| 2015 | 89.86 |
| 2014 | 91.99 |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | 90.66 |
| 2010 | 74.25 |
| 2009 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Brunei Darussalam — 96.46% (2019)
- Cambodia — 75.26% (2019)
- Fiji — 92.44% (2023)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 96.27% (2023)
- Korea, Rep. — 98.92% (2023)
- Lao PDR — 79.82% (2019)
- Malaysia — 85.47% (2023)
- Mongolia — 97.92% (2018)
- Philippines — 91.62% (2023)
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Samoa's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)?
- 92.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is up 3.8 percentage points from 88.5% in 1999. The highest value was 92.3% in 2019 and the lowest 74.25% in 2010.
- How does Samoa rank?
- 4th highest of 10 economies with data for 2019.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.PRSL.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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