What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between Malta and Sao Tome and Principe?

3,384 number, with Malta ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Sao Tome and Principe?

47 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malta vs Sao Tome and Principe: School age population, tertiary education, female

Malta

12,379 number

in 2018

Sao Tome and Principe

8,995 number

in 2017

Malta rank

173rd

Sao Tome and Principe rank

176th

School age population, tertiary education, female over time

Malta
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Malta currently reports 12,379 number against 8,995 number in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 3,384 number.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.4 times Sao Tome and Principe's.

Across all 47 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.

Malta ranks 173rd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 176th of 203 countries.

Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1970s	15,079 number	3,749 number	11,330 number	Malta
1980s	13,108 number	4,926 number	8,182 number	Malta
1990s	12,967 number	6,193 number	6,774 number	Malta
2000s	14,252 number	8,465 number	5,787 number	Malta
2010s	13,600 number	8,667 number	4,933 number	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, female, Malta or Sao Tome and Principe?: Malta, at 12,379 number against 8,995 number in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2018.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between Malta and Sao Tome and Principe?: 3,384 number, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Sao Tome and Principe?: 47 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
How do Malta and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, female?: Malta ranks 173rd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 176th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, tertiary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.