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Samoa — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Samoa, 1999–2024.
Latest value · 2024
5.46%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +35.9% since 1999
Education spending for Samoa was 5.46% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 19 years, from 1999 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 6.16% in 2022. The lowest was 3.63% in 2000 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.23% per year.
Samoa ranks 33 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 19%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 4.25%, so Samoa sits above it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 11% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
5.46%
First (1999)
4.02%
Change
+35.9%
Highest
6.16%
in 2022
Lowest
3.63%
in 2000
Average
4.71%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.23%
Years of data
19
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.46% |
| 2023 | 6.11% |
| 2022 | 6.16% |
| 2021 | 5.22% |
| 2020 | 4.5% |
| 2019 | 4.58% |
| 2018 | 4.47% |
| 2017 | 4.19% |
| 2016 | 3.98% |
| 2015 | 4.42% |
| 2014 | 5.41% |
| 2013 | 4.61% |
Reading this correctly. Total general government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP. Includes both current and capital spending. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.