Sao Tome and Principe
Background Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank income group
Lower middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
33% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
36,133 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
31,968 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
35%
Source: UNSDG, 2014
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
95
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
33%
Source: DHS, 2009
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
62%
Source: DHS, 2009
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
6
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2018
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
-
Primary 72%
(2017)
-
Lower secondary 100%
(2017)
-
Upper secondary 100%
(2017)
Source: UIS
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 86%
-
Male 79%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 35%
-
Male 32%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 11%
-
Male 6%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 3%
-
Male 4%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Lower secondary school
-
Female 8%
-
Male 10%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Upper secondary school
-
Female 22%
-
Male 22%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014