Education in Sao Tome and Principe 1,165 indicators covering education for Sao Tome and Principe. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male 33.5% 2008 down 6.9% 1st Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, female 379 number 2017 down 44.3% 80th 4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 52.38 2015 down 2.2% 124th Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index 0.99 index 2019 unchanged 64th Percentage of teachers in primary education who are trained according 63.6% 2017 up 27.4% 85th Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) -571 2008 down 2.1% 68th Official entrance age to early childhood educational development 2 years 2010 up 100.0% 3rd Theoretical duration of early childhood educational development 2 years 2010 unchanged 71st Literacy rate 87.4% 2019 down 3.0% 82nd Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education as a 0.0% 2023 — 85th Literacy rate vs. average years of schooling 87.4% 2019 down 3.0% 80th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, % female 73.5% 2018 up 8.7% 10th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female 47.9% 2018 down 15.6% 48th Literacy rate of young men vs. women 95.8% 2019 down 1.3% 56th Percentage of enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education in 0.0% 2010 — 67th Initial private expenditure on education (household) as a percentage 0.3% 2014 up 10.2% 65th Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita 87.4% 2019 down 3.0% 54th Literacy rates among adults 87.4% 2019 down 3.0% 54th Literacy rates of older vs. younger population 63.2% 2019 up 27.4% 47th Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP 0.6% 2014 down 1.2% 46th Initial household funding per primary student, constant PPP$ 35.82 2014 up 9.9% 50th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development 29.4% 2016 — 38th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development 70.6% 2016 down 29.4% 29th Initial household funding per secondary student as a percentage of 1.6% 2014 down 1.2% 36th Initial household funding per secondary student, constant PPP$ 90.94 2014 up 9.9% 47th ← Previous Page 20 of 20