Share of children who have completed primary school in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Share of children who have completed primary school was 93.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of children who have completed primary school in Sao Tome and Principe, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of children who have completed primary school in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 93.7%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who have completed primary school in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 93.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 33.1%, in 1981.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 100th of 165 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 35.4% | 33.1% | 38.2% | 9 |
| 1990s | 42.1% | 39.0% | 45.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.6% | 46.5% | 69.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.3% | 72.2% | 89.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.0% | 90.1% | 93.7% | 6 |
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More education data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Population ages 0-14 37.5% (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 110.4% (2017)
- Primary education, teachers 1,193 (2017)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.6 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 107.6% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who have completed primary school in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Share of children who have completed primary school in Sao Tome and Principe was 93.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 93.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.1% in 1981.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for share of children who have completed primary school?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 100th out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who have completed primary school rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who have completed primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children who are three to five years older than the official age for the last grade of primary education who have successfully completed it. This broader age band is used to include children who started school late or had to resit particular years.