Education in Sao Tome and Principe 1,132 indicators covering education for Sao Tome and Principe. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year 2025 down 0.5% 16th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.4% 156th Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year 2022 down 50.2% 21st Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,193 2017 up 4.6% 176th Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Duration of pre primary education 3 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 2025 unchanged 56th Population ages 15-64 58.6% 2025 up 7.5% 180th Population ages 0-14 37.5% 2025 down 10.7% 39th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 110.38 2017 down 10.0% 40th School enrollment, primary 110.4% 2017 down 10.0% 37th Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0058 units per person 2017 down 5.9% 66th Primary education, teachers 1,193 2017 up 20.5% 176th Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.6 2024 down 19.8% 39th Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2017 down 48.9% 21st School enrollment, primary, female 107.6% 2017 down 11.9% 42nd School enrollment, primary, male 113.2% 2017 down 8.0% 28th Womens educational attainment vs fertility, annual growth rate -1.38 % change on previous year 2023 up 19.5% 149th Fertility rate vs share of women between 25 and 29 years old with no e 3.64 2023 down 20.5% 41st Womens educational attainment vs fertility 3.64 2023 down 20.5% 41st Labor force, total, per capita 0.146 units per person 2025 up 4.7% 186th Labor force, total 35,075 2025 up 25.6% 185th Labor force, female 49.4% 2025 up 3.5% 16th Primary secondary enrollment completion rates 110.38 2017 down 10.0% 39th School completion, annual growth rate 0.6985 % change on previous year 2025 down 66.7% 52nd School completion, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 70.5% 5th Labor force, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 66.7% 116th School completion 93.71 2025 up 11.2% 100th Labor force, total, annual growth rate 2.4 % change on previous year 2025 up 27.2% 51st Primary education, teachers, annual growth rate 5.39 % change on previous year 2017 down 17.9% 38th Secondary education, teachers, gaps filled 936 2016 up 150.9% 178th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9674 GPI 2017 down 2.2% 148th Human capital composite index 0.6721 standard deviations from the yearly mean 2019 down 37.6% 38th School enrollment, secondary 90.4% 2017 up 94.6% 106th Precentage enrolled in private institutions at the primary education 1.38 2017 — 192nd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 11.5 per 1,000 2024 down 9.4% 29th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 5.2 per 1,000 2024 down 25.7% 53rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.6 per 1,000 2024 down 40.7% 92nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 50.0% 93rd Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre 1.24 units per square kilometre 2017 up 20.5% 49th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 20.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 37.7% 153rd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 74.81 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 0.2% 2nd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 5.11 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 52.5% 41st Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 82.1 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.2% 27th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 17.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 45.1% 132nd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% 107th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 38 - Projected education 19.53 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over 2040 down 27.8% 38th Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, annual growth rate 1.56 % change on previous year 2017 up 1,093.8% 54th Secondary education, teachers, per capita 0.0046 units per person 2016 up 99.1% 139th Secondary education, teachers 936 2016 up 150.9% 178th School enrollment, secondary, female 95.1% 2017 up 96.3% 87th School enrollment, secondary, male 85.7% 2017 up 92.2% 115th School enrollment, tertiary 12.8% 2015 up 226.5% 151st Secondary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2016 up 17.2% 15th Page 1 of 19 Next →