Samoa: Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2016, Samoa's secondary education, pupils (% female) fell 0.05 percentage points on 2015 (from 50.71% to 50.66%).

Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1976 to 2015), the average change was −0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.81 percentage points 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 1.5 percentage points in 1977 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.05 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 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.07 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 47% 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 2016, Samoa had the 4th highest value of the 14 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 2016 ranking

• St. Kitts and Nevis — 1st of 14: 51.4%
• Tunisia — 2nd of 14: 51.37%
• Naoero — 4th of 14: 50.4%
• Paraguay — 5th of 14: 50.36%
• Marshall Islands — 6th of 14: 50.29%

What this measures

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

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

All 28 values

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Brunei Darussalam — 49% (2018)
• China — 46.95% (2018)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 47.57% (2018)
• Indonesia — 49.17% (2018)
• Korea, Rep. — 47.78% (2017)
• Lao PDR — 47.57% (2018)
• Macao SAR, China — 48.3% (2018)
• Malaysia — 50.48% (2018)
• Marshall Islands — 50.29% (2016)
• Myanmar — 51.9% (2018)

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 secondary education, pupils (% female)?

50.66% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 0.02 percentage points from 50.64% in 1970. The highest value was 51.39% in 2007 and the lowest 48.64% in 1980.

How does Samoa rank?

4th highest of 14 economies with data for 2016.

Is the latest change in secondary education, pupils (% female) unusual for Samoa?

In 2016, Samoa's secondary education, pupils (% female) fell 0.05 percentage points on 2015 (from 50.71% to 50.66%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1976 to 2015), the average change was −0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.81 percentage points 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.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.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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