Education in Sao Tome and Principe 1,154 indicators covering education for Sao Tome and Principe. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 46.3% 2015 up 0.7% 29th Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female 1,682 2015 down 57.1% 138th Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male 1,878 2015 down 53.7% 140th Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 12.5% 2015 down 70.6% 85th Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 14.1% 2015 down 66.8% 86th Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 0.8855 GPIA 2015 down 11.6% 95th Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 73.7% 2017 down 20.2% 2nd Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 1.6% 2017 down 14.3% 2nd Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 26.3% 2017 up 244.4% 178th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, female 24 number 2017 down 97.2% 147th Government expenditure on education, constant PPP$ 74.46 millions 2018 up 42.6% 159th Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 52.4% 2017 up 2.3% 18th Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 1.1% 2017 up 4.1% 18th Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 47.6% 2017 down 2.4% 158th Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male 43.0% 2016 down 17.4% 2nd Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education 38.8% 2016 down 25.1% 3rd Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 95.5% 2016 up 20.6% 65th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 54.1% 2017 up 24.9% 20th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 1.2% 2017 up 50.7% 20th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 45.9% 2017 down 19.0% 155th Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, female 637 number 2017 down 20.7% 98th Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, female 43 number 2017 down 93.2% 128th Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, female 408 number 2017 up 18.6% 97th Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 799 number 2017 down 21.2% 113th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in public 51.8% 2016 up 2.5% 11th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in public 1.1% 2016 up 4.7% 11th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in public 48.2% 2016 down 2.5% 162nd Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 1.1 GPIA 2015 up 8.8% 33rd Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and 3,112 2015 down 27.3% 136th Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and 3,470 2015 down 16.9% 135th Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 10.4% 2015 down 46.6% 77th Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 11.6% 2015 down 41.3% 59th International expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 1.5% 2018 down 63.4% 7th Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, male 18.5% 2008 down 26.5% 12th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 1.04 GPIA 2017 up 434.0% 20th Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary 2,336 2015 up 177.1% 126th Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary 1,932 2015 up 137.3% 134th Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female 19.3% 2008 down 19.0% 9th Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 9.9% 2015 up 83.9% 55th Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 1.17 GPIA 2015 up 9.4% 33rd Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 8.2% 2015 up 64.0% 67th Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 27.3% 2016 down 17.8% 3rd Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 — 1st Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 — 1st Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 — 1st Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 — 1st Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 1 2025 — 1st Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 1 2025 — 1st Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 1,419 number 2017 up 195.0% 103rd Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 24.6% 2016 down 20.8% 4th Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 0.9531 GPIA 2015 up 5.5% 82nd Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 50.3% 2016 down 7.8% 39th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 1.0% 2016 down 13.3% 39th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 49.7% 2016 up 9.3% 131st Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 30.2% 2016 down 14.9% 2nd Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 4,288 number 2017 up 71.9% 104th Adolescents out of school, female 7.6% 2015 down 51.2% 75th Adolescents out of school, male 9.8% 2015 down 33.9% 69th Theoretical duration of early childhood education 3 years 2019 down 40.0% 101st Official entrance age to early childhood education 3 years 2019 up 50.0% 36th ← Previous Page 15 of 20 Next →