GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 vs Sao Tome and Principe: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
98.0%
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
92.3%
in 2019
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank
47th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
50th
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male over time
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 currently reports 98.0% against 92.3% in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 5.7%.
That makes GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024's figure about 1.1 times Sao Tome and Principe's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1981 it was GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ahead.
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 47th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 50th of 203 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 averaged higher in 3 and Sao Tome and Principe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 81.2% | 65.3% | 15.9% | GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 |
| 1990s | 85.8% | 82.6% | 3.2% | GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 |
| 2000s | 92.8% | 93.1% | 0.3% | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 96.6% | 94.0% | 2.6% | GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male, GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 or Sao Tome and Principe?
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, at 98.0% against 92.3% in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male between GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 5.7%, with GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2019.
- How do GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male?
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 47th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 50th of 203 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male (%). 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