Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Sao Tome and Principe

Population with tertiary education in Sao Tome and Principe in 2019 — 4.85%. Ranked 96 in the world out of 112. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 4.55 pp.

2019 4.85% +1.59 pp vs 2012
World rank 96of 112
Period maximum 4.85%2019
Period minimum 0.29%1981

Trend over time

1981–2019 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Sao Tome and Principe, 1981–20190246198119851989199319972001200520092013201720191981: 0.29%2012: 3.26%2019: 4.85%
Change over the period: +4.55 pp Annual average: 0.12 pp
Population with tertiary education — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 4.85
2012 3.26
1981 0.29

Middle Africa, 2019

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About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

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