Samoa Literacy Rate

Samoa literacy rate for 2019 was 97.99%, a 1.72% decline from 2017.
  • Samoa literacy rate for 2017 was 99.71%, a 0.31% increase from 2016.
  • Samoa literacy rate for 2016 was 99.40%, a 0.43% increase from 2011.
  • Samoa literacy rate for 2011 was 98.97%, a 1.03% increase from 1991.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Samoa Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1991 - 2019.