Sao Tome and Principe vs WB: Latin America & Caribbean: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male

Sao Tome and Principe
10.25 years
in 2017
WB: Latin America & Caribbean
9.41 years
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe rank
29th
WB: Latin America & Caribbean rank
28th

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male over time

  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • WB: Latin America & Caribbean
02.557.510199920112024

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 10.25 years against 9.41 years in WB: Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 0.84 years.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times WB: Latin America & Caribbean's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

Sao Tome and Principe ranks 29th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean ranks 28th of 200 countries.

Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sao Tome and Principe WB: Latin America & Caribbean Difference Ahead
2000s 9.02 years 7.92 years 1.09 years Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 9.88 years 9.29 years 0.5819 years Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male, Sao Tome and Principe or WB: Latin America & Caribbean?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 10.25 years against 9.41 years in WB: Latin America & Caribbean as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male between Sao Tome and Principe and WB: Latin America & Caribbean?
0.84 years, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and WB: Latin America & Caribbean?
15 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2017.
How do Sao Tome and Principe and WB: Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 29th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean ranks 28th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (years). 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

Sao Tome and Principe vs WB: Latin America & Caribbean: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-primary-and-lower-secondary-male-years-2/sao-tome-and-principe/wb-latin-america-and-caribbean/

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-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-primary-and-lower-secondary-male-years-2/sao-tome-and-principe/wb-latin-america-and-caribbean/">Sao Tome and Principe vs WB: Latin America & Caribbean: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
421 places, 10,266 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release