Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Sao Tome and Principe recorded GDP per capita: 4,084 (2025), ranking 149 of 212 worldwide; Population: 240,254 (2025), ranking 181 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 69.9 (2024), ranking 155 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 11.05% (2025), ranking 21 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+2537%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-84%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 6 of 19 comparable series are higher and 13 are lower.
Its population of 240,254 (2025) makes it one of the smallest populations in this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 981,293,586.91 | 2025 | +2537.0% |
| GDP per capita | 4,084.4 | 2025 | +752.0% |
| GDP growth | 1.03% | 2025 | -80.9% |
| Population | 240,254 | 2025 | +253.3% |
| Population growth | 1.98% | 2025 | +95.1% |
| Urban population | 69.17% | 2025 | +348.3% |
| Life expectancy | 69.91 | 2024 | +60.5% |
| Infant mortality | 9.2 | 2024 | -83.6% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.63 | 2024 | +238.0% |
| GDP (PPP) | 1,534,857,246.05 | 2025 | +729.6% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 6,388.48 | 2025 | +324.7% |
| Labor participation | 23.34% | 2025 | -5.4% |
| Unemployment | 9.13% | 2025 | -37.0% |
| Inflation | 11.05% | 2025 | -69.2% |
| Internet users | 59.12% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 77.7% | 2024 | +46.9% |
| Forest area | 52.13% | 2023 | -14.6% |
| Health spending | 5.77% | 2023 | -38.1% |
| Education spending | 5.03% | 2023 | +84.8% |