Sao Tome and Principe literacy rate for 2022 was 93.75%, a 6.31% increase from 2019.
Sao Tome and Principe literacy rate for 2019 was 87.44%, a 2.56% decline from 2012.
Sao Tome and Principe literacy rate for 2012 was 90.00%, a 20.46% increase from 2008.
Sao Tome and Principe literacy rate for 2008 was 69.54%, a 15.46% decline from 2001.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.