São Tomé and Principe's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) was 56.02% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 43.02 percentage points from 13% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 56.02% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 26.9% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 13% | 2007 |
| Highest | 56.02% | 2017 |
| Lowest | 13% | 2007 |
| Average since 2009 | 41.46% | 2009–2017 |
| First recorded | 24.27% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2017, São Tomé and Principe's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) rose 14.17 percentage points on 2016 (from 41.85% to 56.02%).
Across the 10 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2016), the average change was −0.12 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.55 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 16.05 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.09 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2017 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.56 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 53% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2017, São Tomé and Principe had the 3rd highest value of the 59 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| São Tomé and Principe | 56.02% | 2017 |
| World | 42.48% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.9% | 2018 |
| Lower middle income | 38.21% | 2018 |
Closest to São Tomé and Principe in the 2017 ranking
- Lesotho — 1st of 59: 66.59%
- New Zealand — 2nd of 59: 56.1%
- Brazil — 4th of 59: 54.56%
- British Virgin Islands — 5th of 59: 54.43%
- Mexico — 6th of 59: 53.59%
What this measures
Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.
Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 18 values
| Year | Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 56.02 |
| 2016 | 41.85 |
| 2015 | 47.77 |
| 2014 | 47.76 |
| 2013 | 42.95 |
| 2012 | 26.9 |
| 2011 | 46.99 |
| 2010 | 32.86 |
| 2009 | 30 |
| 2008 | no data |
| 2007 |
Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in nearby economies
- Angola — 42.35% (2016)
- Benin — 33.83% (2016)
- Burkina Faso — 39.14% (2018)
- Burundi — 47.71% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 39.11% (2018)
- Cameroon — 36.6% (2016)
- Central African Republic — 42.14% (2017)
- Chad — 37.2% (2016)
- Comoros — 8.29% (2017)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More education data for São Tomé and Principe
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 37,172 (2017)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 110.38% (2017)
- School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) — 1.38% (2017)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.97 (2017)
- Primary education, pupils (% female)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is São Tomé and Principe's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)?
- 56.02% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 31.75 percentage points from 24.27% in 1971. The highest value was 56.02% in 2017 and the lowest 13% in 2007.
- How does São Tomé and Principe rank?
- 3rd highest of 59 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) unusual for São Tomé and Principe?
- In 2017, São Tomé and Principe's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) rose 14.17 percentage points on 2016 (from 41.85% to 56.02%). Across the 10 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2016), the average change was −0.12 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.55 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.VO.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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