Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Sao Tome and Principe: School enrollment, primary, female

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
92.0%
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
107.6%
in 2017
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
42nd
Sao Tome and Principe rank
42nd

School enrollment, primary, female over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Sao Tome and Principe
406080100120140197019972024

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 107.6% against 92.0% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 15.6%.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.2 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

Across all 30 years both countries report, Sao Tome and Principe has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 42nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 42nd of 45 groups.

Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1970s 51.7% 115.8% 64.1% Sao Tome and Principe
1980s 65.5% 132.7% 67.1% Sao Tome and Principe
1990s 70.8% 127.1% 56.4% Sao Tome and Principe
2000s 82.4% 121.6% 39.2% Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 85.1% 109.0% 23.9% Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school enrollment, primary, female, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 107.6% against 92.0% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2017.
What is the difference in school enrollment, primary, female between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Sao Tome and Principe?
15.6%, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Sao Tome and Principe?
30 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for school enrollment, primary, female?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 42nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 42nd of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as School enrollment, primary, female (% gross). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Sao Tome and Principe: School enrollment, primary, female. Statizoid, drawing on Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-enrollment-primary-female-percent-gross/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/sao-tome-and-principe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-enrollment-primary-female-percent-gross/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/sao-tome-and-principe/">Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Sao Tome and Principe: School enrollment, primary, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School enrollment, primary, female (% gross)
Unit
% gross
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
248 places, 9,114 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.