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Sao Tome and Principe — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Sao Tome and Principe, 1970–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4,084
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +752.0% since 1970
GDP per capita for Sao Tome and Principe was 4,084 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 56 years, from 1970 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 470 in 1971 (about 8.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.97% per year.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 149 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 70%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Sao Tome and Principe sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 215%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4,084
First (1970)
479
Change
+752.0%
Highest
4,084
in 2025
Lowest
470
in 1971
Average
1,107
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.97%
Years of data
56
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,084.4 |
| 2024 | 3,502.62 |
| 2023 | 2,990.66 |
| 2022 | 2,389.74 |
| 2021 | 2,362.59 |
| 2020 | 2,167.22 |
| 2019 | 1,935.29 |
| 2018 | 1,825.6 |
| 2017 | 1,555.79 |
| 2016 | 1,434.87 |
| 2015 | 1,298.11 |
| 2014 | 1,489.68 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.