Adjusted savings: education expenditure in Samoa
Samoa: Adjusted savings: education expenditure was 4.2% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: education expenditure in Samoa, 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: education expenditure in Samoa is 4.2%, measured in 2021.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: education expenditure in Samoa peaked at 4.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 2000.
Samoa ranks 88th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: education expenditure in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.6% | — |
| 1971 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 4.0% | +9.7% |
| 1992 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4.4% | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 4.0% | -10.8% |
| 2000 | 3.5% | -10.4% |
| 2001 | 3.6% | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 3.7% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 3.8% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 4.0% | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 4.1% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 4.2% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 4.2% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.0% | 3.6% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.9% | 3.5% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: education expenditure in Samoa?
- Adjusted savings: education expenditure in Samoa was 4.2% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: education expenditure recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 4.4% in 1998.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: education expenditure recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 2000.
- How does Samoa rank for adjusted savings: education expenditure?
- Samoa ranks 88th out of 200 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: education expenditure rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.