Samoa's tertiary education, academic staff (% female) was 40.59% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 10.9 percentage points from 29.69% in 2019.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 40.59% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 29.69% | 2019 |
| Highest | 45.52% | 2018 |
| Lowest | 4.17% | 1970 |
| Average since 2017 | 39.75% | 2017–2024 |
| First recorded | 4.17% | 1970 |
Over five years it is up 10.9 percentage points from 29.69% in 2019. Since 1970 it is up 36.42 percentage points from 4.17% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 42 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2024, Samoa's tertiary education, academic staff (% female) fell 4.4 percentage points on 2023 (from 44.99% to 40.59%).
Across the 8 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2023), the average change was +1.5 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.99 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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 7.18 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.83 percentage points in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2017 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 3% 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 2024, Samoa had the 41st highest value of the 61 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 | 40.59% | 2024 |
| World | 43.85% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 45.81% | 2023 |
Closest to Samoa in the 2024 ranking
- United Arab Emirates — 37th of 61: 43.74%
- Hungary — 38th of 61: 43.29%
- Germany — 39th of 61: 41.97%
- Switzerland — 41st of 61: 39.89%
- Italy — 42nd of 61: 39.74%
- Mauritius — 43rd of 61: 39.18%
What this measures
Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education.
Limitations: The indicator measures the level of gender representation in the teaching profession, rather than the effectiveness and quality of teaching.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 13 values
| Year | Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 40.59 |
| 2023 | 44.99 |
| 2022 | 37.81 |
| 2021 | 42.62 |
| 2020 | 36.75 |
| 2019 | 29.69 |
| 2018 | 45.52 |
| 2017 | 40.05 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 |
Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in nearby economies
- Brunei Darussalam — 49% (2023)
- Cambodia — 24.45% (2024)
- Indonesia — 44.63% (2023)
- Korea, Rep. — 38.06% (2024)
- Lao PDR — 39.74% (2020)
- Macao SAR, China — 38.26% (2024)
- Malaysia — 49.45% (2024)
- Mongolia — 61.39% (2024)
- New Zealand — 54.29% (2024)
- Philippines
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 tertiary education, academic staff (% female)?
- 40.59% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 36.42 percentage points from 4.17% in 1970. The highest value was 45.52% in 2018 and the lowest 4.17% in 1970.
- How does Samoa rank?
- 41st highest of 61 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in tertiary education, academic staff (% female) unusual for Samoa?
- In 2024, Samoa's tertiary education, academic staff (% female) fell 4.4 percentage points on 2023 (from 44.99% to 40.59%). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2023), the average change was +1.5 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.99 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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.TER.TCHR.FE.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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