What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper between Colombia and Sao Tome and Principe?

0.6%, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Sao Tome and Principe?

8 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2015.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Colombia vs Sao Tome and Principe: Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper

Colombia

10.4%

in 2018

Sao Tome and Principe

11.0%

in 2015

Colombia rank

71st

Sao Tome and Principe rank

70th

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper over time

Colombia
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 11.0% against 10.4% in Colombia, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

Colombia ranks 71st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 70th of 138 countries.

Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Colombia	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
2000s	12.9%	30.4%	17.5%	Sao Tome and Principe
2010s	10.1%	19.4%	9.3%	Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper, Colombia or Sao Tome and Principe?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 11.0% against 10.4% in Colombia as of 2015.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper between Colombia and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.6%, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Sao Tome and Principe?: 8 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2015.
How do Colombia and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper?: Colombia ranks 71st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 70th of 138 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, female (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 181 places, 4,097 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of adolescents and youth of lower secondary and upper secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/