Education

 

Literacy (age 15 and over can read & write)

98.7 men & women

99.0 men

98.5 women
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 12 years.3

male: 11.7 years

female: 13 years
Years compulsory 10 years, starting at age 5
Primary to secondary transition rate (2006) 96
Female Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) - Tertiary Education as a % for School year ending 2008 99
Male Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) - Tertiary Education as a % for School year ending ending 2008 101
Education expenditure (2008)

5.7% as % of GDP

13.4% as % of total government expenditure
Distribution(%) of public expenditure per level (2000)

pre-primary 2

primary 32

secondary 29

tertiary 37
Researchers per 1,000,000 inhabitants (FTE) N/A
Expenditure on R&D as a % of GDP N/A
Percentage distribution of gross domestic expenditure on research and development by source N/A

Samoa

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