Samoa is a small state of the Commonwealth, with a population of about 190,000.
Samoa is a small state of the Commonwealth, with a population of about 190,000.
School-age Population by Education Level1 |
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29,342 |
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17,012 |
Secondary |
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Tertiary |
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Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Secondary Education |
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98.0% |
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88.8% |
Female |
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Male |
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Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Tertiary Education1 |
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n/a |
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n/a |
Female |
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Male |
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Percentage of female teachers in 1 |
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n/a |
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n/a |
Secondary (2016) |
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Tertiary (2000) |
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1. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data Centre, retrieved in March 2020 |
Literacy rate (2012)1 |
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98.7% |
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99% |
Adult (15+) literacy rate |
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Adult (15+) literacy rate |
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Economic Activity (2010)1 |
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41% |
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75% |
Adult (15+) economic activity |
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Adult (15+) economic activity |
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Political Decision Making (2014)1 |
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4% |
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament |
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Life expectancy (2012)1 |
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77 |
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70 |
Female |
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Male |
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1. COL gender country profile April 2015 |
4.3 | 63.6 |
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants1 | Mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants1 |
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0.9 | 26.2 |
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants1 | Mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants1 |
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24 | 33.6 |
Households with a computer (%)1 | Individuals using the internet (%)1 |
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1. International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ICT Eye Country profile, retrieved in March 2020 |
COL’s work in Samoa is primarily in the areas of tertiary education through the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth, technical and vocational skills development, and technology-enabled learning. The work includes promoting open educational resources (OER) policy development and course design, as well as identifying innovations to support teaching and learning in both formal and informal education settings.
Learn more about the Higher Education initiative.
Learn more about Aptus.
Learn more about the Pacific Centre for Open and Flexible Learning for Development.
Learn more about the Technical and Vocational Skills Development initiative.
Learn more about the Technology-Enabled Learning initiative.
Learn more about the VUSSC initiative.
Partnerships are fundamental to COL’s work. Strategic partnerships allow COL to broaden its reach and engage at global, regional and national levels, while implementation partners support COL’s work in communities and institutions across Commonwealth Member States. Partners include multilateral organisations, regional bodies, national governments, government agencies, foundations, civil society organisations, public and private (not-for-profit) institutions and the private sector.
COL’s partners in Samoa include: