Educational attainment in Sao Tome and Principe

Education Level Advanced Education (%)

Education Level Basic Education (% in 2012)

Primary Education	88.02	WB
Lower Secondary Education	38.86	WB

Education Level Intermediate Education Secondary Education

38.86 % in 2012

Gender (% in 2019)

Male	6.42	WB
Female	3.51	WB

Africa (%)

Seychelles	68.83 in 2002	WB
Mauritius	49.8 in 2011	WB
Eswatini	27.62 in 1986	WB
Namibia	27.23 in 2001	WB
Liberia	17.01 in 2016	WB
Djibouti	15.22 in 2017	WB
Tunisia	13.95 in 2018	WB
South Africa	13.01 in 2021	WB
Algeria	12.85 in 2019	WB
Libya	11.1 in 1984	WB
Nigeria	8.02 in 2021	WB
Cabo Verde	7.01 in 2015	WB
Egypt	5.9 in 2017	WB
Lesotho	4.64 in 2018	WB
Zimbabwe	4.5 in 2019	WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.44 in 2018	WB
Cameroon	4.28 in 2018	WB
Congo	4.04 in 2015	WB
Sao Tome and Principe	3.51 in 2019	WB
Kenya	2.78 in 2020	WB
Rwanda	2.73 in 2020	WB
Guinea	2.65 in 2018	WB
Mozambique	2.63 in 2020	WB
Mauritania	2.5 in 2015	WB
Madagascar	2.5 in 2021	WB
South Sudan	2.5 in 2008	WB
Senegal	2.12 in 2019	WB
Morocco	2.1 in 1971	WB
Sudan	2.1 in 1983	WB
Ghana	2.07 in 2017	WB
Botswana	2.06 in 1971	WB
Benin	1.68 in 2019	WB
Somalia	1.44 in 2022	WB
Côte d'Ivoire	1.4 in 2016	WB
Zambia	1.29 in 2018	WB
Togo	1.26 in 2017	WB
Angola	1.26 in 2015	WB
Central African Republic	1.06 in 2019	WB
United Republic of Tanzania	1 in 2018	WB
Burkina Faso	0.93 in 2019	WB
Gambia	0.87 in 2020	WB
Mali	0.8 in 2020	WB
Sierra Leone	0.75 in 2019	WB
Ethiopia	0.73 in 2016	WB
Chad	0.63 in 2019	WB
Malawi	0.62 in 2020	WB
Uganda	0.54 in 2016	WB
Burundi	0.47 in 2017	WB
Niger	0.45 in 2018	WB

Education Indicators

Completion Rate	79.9 % in 2017	WB
Duration	6 years in 2022	WB
Educational Attainment	3.51 % in 2019	WB
Enrollment Rate	109.63 % in 2017	WB
Intake Rate Primary Education		6 timeseries
Literacy	93.75 % in 2022	WB + 1 other
Not in Education	3.54 % in 2017	WB
Pupil–Teacher Ratio	31.16 ratio in 2017	WB
School Life Expectancy	5.9 years in 2022	UNDP + 1 other
Starting Age	12 years in 2022	WB