Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Samoa

Children out of school in Samoa in 2024 — 626 people. Ranked 19 in the world out of 120. Since 1994, the indicator has fallen by 67.2%.

2024 626 people −49.76% vs 2023
World rank 19of 120
Period maximum 2,020 people2020
Period minimum 13 people2021

Trend over time

1994–2024 · people

Children out of school — Samoa, 1994–202401,0002,0003,000199419972000200320062009201220152018202120241994: 1,908 people1998: 1,511 people1999: 1,319 people2000: 452 people2001: 351 people2007: 1,271 people2009: 971 people2010: 108 people2011: 342 people2012: 655 people2014: 55 people2015: 197 people2016: 37 people2017: 116 people2018: 240 people2019: 753 people2020: 2,020 people2021: 13 people2022: 158 people2023: 1,246 people2024: 626 people
Change over the period: −1,282 (−67.19%) Average annual rate: -3.65 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Samoa

Samoa 626 people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 14.69M people
Children out of school — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 626 −620 −49.76%
2023 1,246 +1,088 +688.61%
2022 158 +145 +1,115.68%
2021 13 −2,007 −99.36%
2020 2,020 +1,267 +168.26%
2019 753 +513 +213.75%
2018 240 +124 +106.73%
2017 116 +79 +211.04%
2016 37 −159 −81.03%
2015 197 +142 +258.94%
2014 55
2012 655 +313 +91.64%
2011 342 +234 +215.65%
2010 108 −863 −88.85%
2009 971
2007 1,271
2001 351 −101 −22.35%
2000 452 −867 −65.73%
1999 1,319 −192 −12.71%
1998 1,511
1994 1,908

Polynesia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TV Tuvalu 7 WS Samoa 626

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.