🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Every statistic we track for São Tomé and Príncipe — 102 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$6,712
70.7 yrs
0.52
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All indicators
📈 Economy
| Bank Branches | 13 | #74/153 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | -4.7% | #138/190 | 2026 |
| Economy Seen as Good (Afrobarometer) | 29.2% | #11/39 | 2023 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 22.6 | #81/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #194/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | 1% | #16/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 1.2 | #180/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 1.6 | #183/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 4,739 | #130/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 3,752 | #129/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 6,712 | #150/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 4.1% | #38/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 50.4% | #99/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 4,353 | #128/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 9.6% | #22/191 | 2026 |
| Real GDP Growth | 3.4% | #75/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0% | #184/191 | 2026 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 825,238,400 | #164/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 3.6 | #39/217 | 2024 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0.5 | #43/172 | 2023 |
| Median Age | 19.7 | #201/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 0.2 | #190/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 0.2 | #173/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 255.2 | #61/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 8 | #187/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 68.9% | #92/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 77.7% | #171/214 | 2024 |
| Get News from the Internet (Afrobarometer) | 56.3% | #9/39 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 59.1% | #137/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 86.8 | #162/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
🎓 Education
| Education Spending (QoG) | 5% | #30/112 | 2023 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 0.6 | #154/203 | 2024 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 36.2 | #151/179 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
🛡️ Safety
| Felt Unsafe in the Neighbourhood (Afrobarometer) | 27.2% | #36/39 | 2023 |
| Homicide Rate | 5.5 | #83/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 11.7 | #106/195 | 2021 |
| Trust in the Police (Afrobarometer) | 23.7% | #36/39 | 2023 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0 | #190/193 | 2026 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 2.5 | #153/191 | 2025 |
| World Risk Index | 0.9 | #185/193 | 2026 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Human Development Index | 0.6 | #141/193 | 2023 |
| Went Without a Cash Income (Afrobarometer) | 72.2% | #31/39 | 2023 |
| Went Without Enough Food (Afrobarometer) | 62.2% | #20/39 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 17.3% | #23/151 | 2017 |
| China’s Influence Seen as Positive (Afrobarometer) | 85.3% | #3/39 | 2023 |
| Country Going in the Right Direction (Afrobarometer) | 35.5% | #14/39 | 2023 |
| Trust in Fellow Citizens (Afrobarometer) | 26.2% | #39/39 | 2023 |
| Trust in parliament | 4.4 | #80/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in the legal system | 4.5 | #104/153 | 2017 |
| US Influence Seen as Positive (Afrobarometer) | 75.1% | #8/39 | 2023 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.