Education in Sao Tome and Principe 1,127 indicators covering education for Sao Tome and Principe. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Precentage enrolled in private institutions at the primary education 80.32 % change on previous year 2017 up 43.1% 5th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 92.7% 2016 up 23.5% 90th Secondary education, general pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2017 up 27.1% 21st 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 Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0453 number per person 2016 up 35.0% 19th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 3,015 2025 up 23.1% 175th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 3,018 2025 up 20.4% 176th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 6,033 2025 up 21.8% 176th Start of the academic school year 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.4% 153rd Theoretical duration of secondary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 96th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 52nd Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2025 unchanged 64th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 88th Official entrance age to lower secondary education 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Start of the academic school year 2,024 2025 up 0.5% 53rd Theoretical duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 56th Theoretical duration of primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 1,158 2015 up 213.8% 171st Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 1,178 2015 up 251.6% 176th Teachers in primary education, male 538 2017 up 21.7% 166th Teachers in primary education, female 655 2017 up 19.5% 181st Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 54.9% 2017 down 0.8% 173rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 110.4% 2017 down 10.0% 40th School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.7 years 2017 down 11.2% 43rd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 5.9% 2017 up 1,998.5% 109th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 5.3% 2017 up 165.8% 141st Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 2,336 2015 up 231.8% 176th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.1% 2017 down 5.7% 114th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.7% 2017 down 3.4% 85th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 9,227 2016 up 70.1% 173rd Enrolment in secondary education, male 12,126 2017 up 191.3% 179th Enrolment in secondary education, female 13,749 2017 up 198.4% 174th Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1,193 2017 up 20.5% 179th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 5.6% 2017 up 405.2% 128th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.4% 2017 down 4.6% 98th Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 25,875 2017 up 187.6% 178th Enrolment in primary education, male 19,079 2017 up 19.9% 174th Enrolment in primary education, female 18,093 2017 up 16.9% 174th School age population, upper secondary education, male 8,408 2025 up 34.6% 177th School age population, upper secondary education, female 8,451 2025 up 34.7% 176th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 16,859 2025 up 34.6% 177th School age population, secondary education, male 16,864 2025 up 26.3% 178th School age population, secondary education, female 16,871 2025 up 25.0% 177th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 33,735 2025 up 25.7% 178th School age population, tertiary education, male 12,406 2025 up 35.4% 180th School age population, tertiary education, female 12,745 2025 up 40.7% 179th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 25,151 2025 up 38.0% 180th School age population, lower secondary education, male 8,456 2025 up 19.1% 178th School age population, lower secondary education, female 8,420 2025 up 16.5% 176th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 16,876 2025 up 17.8% 176th School age population, last grade of primary education, male 3,008 2025 up 18.9% 176th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 3,005 2025 up 16.7% 174th ← Previous Page 3 of 19 Next →