Samoa's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) was 88.58% in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.11 percentage points from 90.69% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 88.58% | 2019 |
| Five years earlier | 90.69% | 2014 |
| Highest | 93.34% | 2018 |
| Lowest | 76.57% | 2010 |
| Average since 2010 | 88.1% | 2010–2019 |
| First recorded | 92.71% | 1994 |
Over five years it is down 2.11 percentage points from 90.69% in 2014. Since 1994 it is down 4.13 percentage points from 92.71% in 1994. The World Bank has no value for 8 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2019, Samoa's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) fell 4.76 percentage points on 2018 (from 93.34% to 88.58%).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2018), the average change was +0.47 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.24 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 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 13.38 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.81 percentage points in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2010 to 2019 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 24% of the movement over 8 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 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 | 88.58% | 2019 |
| World | 78.85% | 2023 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 95.47% | 2021 |
| Upper middle income | 93.91% | 2022 |
Closest to Samoa in the 2019 ranking
- Iceland — 1st of 10: 98.88%
- Kazakhstan — 2nd of 10: 97.14%
- Brunei Darussalam — 3rd of 10: 97.04%
- Zimbabwe — 5th of 10: 87.57%
- Lao PDR — 6th of 10: 82.05%
- Cambodia — 7th of 10: 79.7%
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 18 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 88.58 |
| 2018 | 93.34 |
| 2017 | 85.61 |
| 2016 | 86.81 |
| 2015 | 93.26 |
| 2014 | 90.69 |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | 89.95 |
| 2010 | 76.57 |
| 2009 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Brunei Darussalam — 97.04% (2019)
- Cambodia — 79.7% (2019)
- China — 96.79% (2020)
- Fiji — 93.12% (2023)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 95.58% (2023)
- Indonesia — 98.23% (2017)
- Korea, Rep. — 98.89% (2023)
- Lao PDR — 82.05% (2019)
- Malaysia — 85.22% (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)
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Questions people ask
- What is Samoa's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)?
- 88.58% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1994?
- It is down 4.13 percentage points from 92.71% in 1994. The highest value was 93.34% in 2018 and the lowest 76.57% in 2010.
- How does Samoa rank?
- 4th highest of 10 economies with data for 2019.
- Is the latest change in persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) unusual for Samoa?
- In 2019, Samoa's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) fell 4.76 percentage points on 2018 (from 93.34% to 88.58%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2018), the average change was +0.47 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.24 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.PRSL.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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