Education in Sao Tome and Principe 480 indicators covering education for Sao Tome and Principe. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 5.99 years 2023 up 10.1% 156th Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 5.99 years 2023 up 10.1% 156th Average years of schooling among adults 5.99 years 2023 up 10.1% 156th Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 7.3% 2016 — 171st Average years of schooling, males vs. females 6.77 years 2023 up 9.4% 156th Expected years of schooling, males vs. females 12.65 years 2023 up 12.9% 115th Primary completion rate, female 87.2% 2017 up 20.6% 134th Primary completion rate, male 83.1% 2017 up 21.1% 136th Duration of compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 182nd Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 21st Government expenditure on education, total 5.0% 2023 down 24.8% 64th Secondary education, general pupils 24,422 2017 up 174.5% 172nd Lower secondary completion rate, total 74.9% 2017 up 142.9% 127th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 98.9% 2017 up 10.4% 85th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 11.81 years 2017 up 19.6% 88th School enrollment, preprimary, female 52.6% 2016 up 81.3% 116th School enrollment, preprimary, male 48.1% 2016 up 72.3% 123rd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 92.7% 2016 up 23.5% 90th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.6692 years 2015 up 238.0% 137th Government expenditure on education, total 18.1% 2024 up 46.8% 31st Secondary education, general pupils 53.0% 2017 up 2.6% 14th Lower secondary completion rate, female 80.1% 2017 up 155.6% 125th Lower secondary completion rate, male 69.6% 2017 up 129.2% 128th Children out of school 2.9% 2017 down 63.5% 110th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 9,227 number 2016 up 70.1% 164th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 37,172 2017 up 18.4% 172nd Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Share of children in primary school age who are in school 97.1% 2017 up 5.4% 92nd Secondary education, pupils 25,875 2017 up 187.6% 175th Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 2.9% 2017 down 63.5% 115th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 100.8% 2017 up 12.3% 69th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 96.9% 2017 up 8.6% 94th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 11.54 years 2017 up 17.1% 99th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2017 up 4.3% 19th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 12.09 years 2017 up 22.1% 68th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 74.8% 2008 up 22.5% 125th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 62.0% 2008 up 17.4% 137th Secondary education, vocational pupils 1,453 2017 up 1,353.0% 159th Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 96.3% 2017 up 3.5% 74th Number of infant deaths, female 26 2024 down 46.9% 164th Number of infant deaths, male 34 2024 down 46.0% 163rd Number of under-five deaths, female 39 2024 down 49.4% 161st Number of under-five deaths, male 49 2024 down 49.0% 161st School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2015 up 12.5% 117th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.6826 years 2015 up 258.9% 132nd School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.6562 years 2015 up 218.9% 135th Teachers in primary education, female 655 number 2017 up 19.5% 178th Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 0.9827 index 2017 down 3.6% 142nd Children out of school, female 3.7% 2017 down 46.4% 110th Children out of school, male 2.0% 2017 down 76.9% 134th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 4,769 number 2016 up 74.0% 162nd Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 7.3% 2016 — 160th Secondary education, vocational pupils 56.0% 2017 up 330.9% 10th Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational p 5.3% 2017 up 165.8% 123rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 12.38 years 2015 up 25.1% 111th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 91.6% 2017 down 9.4% 163rd Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 5.9% 2017 up 1,998.5% 103rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 9.3% 2025 down 22.7% 56th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 9.0% 2025 down 3.3% 41st ← Previous Page 2 of 8 Next →