School age population, tertiary education, female in Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe: School age population, tertiary education, female was 8,995 number in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
8,995 number
Change on year
up 4.2%
World rank
176th
of 203 countries
All-time high
8,995 number
in 2017
All-time low
3,089 number
in 1970
Years of data
47
1970–2017

School age population, tertiary education, female in Sao Tome and Principe, 1970–2017

4.0k6.0k8.0k197019932017

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school age population, tertiary education, female in Sao Tome and Principe is 8,995 number, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.

The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school age population, tertiary education, female in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 8,995 number in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3,089 number, in 1970.

Sao Tome and Principe ranks 176th of 203 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.

School age population, tertiary education, female in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year

Annual values for School age population, tertiary education, female (number) in Sao Tome and Principe, 1970 to 2017.
Year number Change
1970 3,089 number
1971 3,414 number +10.5%
1972 3,512 number +2.9%
1973 3,567 number +1.6%
1974 3,618 number +1.4%
1975 3,715 number +2.7%
1976 3,911 number +5.3%
1977 4,092 number +4.6%
1978 4,233 number +3.4%
1979 4,340 number +2.5%
1980 4,454 number +2.6%
1981 4,607 number +3.4%
1982 4,708 number +2.2%
1983 4,807 number +2.1%
1984 4,899 number +1.9%
1985 4,984 number +1.7%
1986 5,063 number +1.6%
1987 5,166 number +2.0%
1988 5,253 number +1.7%
1989 5,315 number +1.2%
1990 5,351 number +0.7%
1991 5,344 number -0.1%
1992 5,383 number +0.7%
1993 5,483 number +1.9%
1994 5,690 number +3.8%
1995 6,013 number +5.7%
1996 6,465 number +7.5%
1997 6,951 number +7.5%
1998 7,430 number +6.9%
1999 7,821 number +5.3%
2000 8,110 number +3.7%
2001 8,261 number +1.9%
2002 8,259 number -0.0%
2003 8,245 number -0.2%
2004 8,271 number +0.3%
2005 8,338 number +0.8%
2006 8,739 number +4.8%
2007 8,797 number +0.7%
2008 8,818 number +0.2%
2009 8,808 number -0.1%
2010 8,758 number -0.6%
2011 8,597 number -1.8%
2012 8,519 number -0.9%
2014 8,540 number +0.2%
2015 8,629 number +1.0%
2016 8,629 number +0.0%
2017 8,995 number +4.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 3,749 number 3,089 number 4,340 number 10
1980s 4,926 number 4,454 number 5,315 number 10
1990s 6,193 number 5,344 number 7,821 number 10
2000s 8,465 number 8,110 number 8,818 number 10
2010s 8,667 number 8,519 number 8,995 number 7

Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe

  1. 173 Malta 12,379 number compare
  2. 174 Iceland 11,848 number compare
  3. 175 Barbados 9,393 number compare
  4. 177 Samoa 8,151 number compare
  5. 178 Saint Lucia 7,715 number compare
  6. 179 Micronesia, Federated States of 5,524 number compare

See the full ranking of 248 places →

More education data for Sao Tome and Principe

All data for Sao Tome and Principe →

Frequently asked questions

What is school age population, tertiary education, female in Sao Tome and Principe?
School age population, tertiary education, female in Sao Tome and Principe was 8,995 number in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school age population, tertiary education, female recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
The highest recorded value was 8,995 number in 2017.
What is the lowest school age population, tertiary education, female recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
The lowest recorded value was 3,089 number in 1970.
How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for school age population, tertiary education, female?
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 176th out of 203 countries with data for 2017.
Is school age population, tertiary education, female rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sao Tome and Principe data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 47 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

School age population, tertiary education, female in Sao Tome and Principe. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/school-age-population-tertiary-education-female-number/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/stat/school-age-population-tertiary-education-female-number/sao-tome-and-principe/">School age population, tertiary education, female in Sao Tome and Principe</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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

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