GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 vs Sao Tome and Principe: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
12.4%
in 2025
Sao Tome and Principe
18.1%
in 2024
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank
29th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
31st
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government over time
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 18.1% against 12.4% in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, a difference of 5.7%.
That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.5 times GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ahead.
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 29th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 31st of 43 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.1% | 12.6% | 4.5% | GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 15.9% | 0.8% | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 11.9% | 17.2% | 5.3% | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher expenditure on education as a percentage of total government, GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 18.1% against 12.4% in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 as of 2024.
- What is the difference in expenditure on education as a percentage of total government between GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 5.7%, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2024.
- How do GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 29th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 31st of 43 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release