Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Sao Tome and Principe

Children out of school in Sao Tome and Principe in 2017 — 969 people. Ranked 24 in the world out of 148. Since 1983, the indicator has risen by 39.8%.

2017 969 people −67.94% vs 2015
World rank 24of 148
Period maximum 4,759 people1999
Period minimum 122 people1988

Trend over time

1983–2017 · people

Children out of school — Sao Tome and Principe, 1983–201702,0004,0006,00019831987199119951999200320072011201520171983: 693 people1984: 494 people1987: 440 people1988: 122 people1990: 530 people1999: 4,759 people2002: 1,166 people2003: 992 people2004: 655 people2005: 477 people2007: 2,020 people2008: 2,001 people2009: 1,954 people2010: 2,065 people2013: 2,697 people2014: 2,780 people2015: 3,022 people2017: 969 people
Change over the period: +276 (+39.83%) Average annual rate: 0.99 %

Comparison, 2017

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe 969 people
World computed 34M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 17.61M people
Children out of school — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2017 969
2015 3,022 +242 +8.71%
2014 2,780 +83 +3.08%
2013 2,697
2010 2,065 +111 +5.68%
2009 1,954 −47 −2.35%
2008 2,001 −19 −0.94%
2007 2,020
2005 477 −178 −27.18%
2004 655 −337 −33.97%
2003 992 −174 −14.92%
2002 1,166
1999 4,759
1990 530
1988 122 −318 −72.27%
1987 440
1984 494 −199 −28.72%
1983 693

Middle Africa, 2017

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ST Sao Tome and Principe 969 CM Cameroon 226,734 TD Chad 994,376

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.