Samoa: School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2016, Samoa's school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) fell 0.00636 on 2015 (from 1.11 to 1.1).

Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1976 to 2015), the average change was −0.00903 and a typical year strayed about 0.04 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above 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 0.07 in 1977 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.11 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 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.0061 a year. A straight line explains 84% 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

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Closest to Samoa in the 2016 ranking

• Tunisia — 1st of 5: 1.14
• Eswatini — 3rd of 5: 0.99
• Yemen, Rep. — 4th of 5: 0.73
• Angola — 5th of 5: 0.64

What this measures

Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in secondary education is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.

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

All 28 values

School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in nearby economies

• Australia — 0.96 (2020)
• Brunei Darussalam — 1.03 (2020)
• Cambodia — 1.15 (2021)
• Fiji — 1.07 (2021)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 0.99 (2021)
• Indonesia — 1.03 (2018)
• Japan — 1 (2019)
• Korea, Rep. — 0.99 (2020)
• Lao PDR — 0.95 (2021)

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 school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)?

1.1 in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is down 0.78% from 1.11 in 1970. The highest value was 1.23 in 1994 and the lowest 1.04 in 1980.

Is the latest change in school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) unusual for Samoa?

In 2016, Samoa's school enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) fell 0.00636 on 2015 (from 1.11 to 1.1). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1976 to 2015), the average change was −0.00903 and a typical year strayed about 0.04 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.ENR.SECO.FM.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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