Sao Tome and Principe — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Sao Tome and Principe, 1970–2025.
GDP for Sao Tome and Principe was 981.29 million 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 37.21 million in 1970 (about 26.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.13% per year.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 203 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 96%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 19.93 billion, so Sao Tome and Principe sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 277%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 47 of 47 economies; Comoros (1.81 billion) is just above it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 40% in 1986. That is 89% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1970 level: doubled by 1980; grown tenfold by 2018. Doubling roughly every 12 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 136th of 146 in 1970 → 152nd of 163 in 1980 → 185th of 192 in 1990 → 201st of 204 in 2000 → 207th of 212 in 2010 → 204th of 210 in 2020 → 178th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 981,293,586.91 | +18.9% |
| 2024 | 824,992,558.05 | +19.5% |
| 2023 | 690,456,806.7 | +27.7% |
| 2022 | 540,809,499.19 | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 524,402,455.55 | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 471,229,484.61 | +14.1% |
| 2019 | 412,976,082.62 | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 383,717,327.83 | +19.2% |
| 2017 | 322,002,845.23 | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 292,267,272.2 | +12.4% |
| 2015 | 259,999,643.05 | -11.3% |
| 2014 | 293,119,143.25 | +9.8% |
| 2013 | 267,041,747.58 | +16.4% |
| 2012 | 229,371,348.44 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 226,455,001.24 | +19.2% |
| 2010 | 190,021,192.49 | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 200,668,065.03 | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 188,021,165 | +26.1% |
| 2007 | 149,146,918.89 | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 142,775,104.08 | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 136,450,662.39 | +19.1% |
| 2004 | 114,582,283.92 | +12.2% |
| 2003 | 102,085,769.12 | +19.9% |
| 2002 | 85,171,073.88 | +12.1% |
| 2001 | 75,951,133.38 | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 76,198,394.82 | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 77,302,211.92 | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 72,285,403.84 | -21.4% |
| 1997 | 91,920,274.24 | -32.0% |
| 1996 | 135,188,165.75 | +30.4% |
| 1995 | 103,695,236.78 | -21.0% |
| 1994 | 131,338,414.58 | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 125,742,228.76 | +32.6% |
| 1992 | 94,861,780.62 | -11.7% |
| 1991 | 107,484,142.72 | -9.9% |
| 1990 | 119,297,932.76 | +21.1% |
| 1989 | 98,545,367.04 | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 99,000,764.39 | -14.6% |
| 1987 | 115,952,925.47 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 115,928,906.75 | +40.1% |
| 1985 | 82,733,069.44 | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 78,213,795.93 | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 75,110,289.18 | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 80,307,762.62 | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 83,499,263.5 | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 81,662,231.03 | +24.2% |
| 1979 | 65,755,928.14 | +19.5% |
| 1978 | 55,044,562.8 | +11.9% |
| 1977 | 49,207,692.32 | -5.4% |
| 1976 | 52,039,421.2 | -13.4% |
| 1975 | 60,101,709.85 | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 57,817,591.46 | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 56,011,244.74 | +35.2% |
| 1972 | 41,430,256.81 | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 37,288,845.21 | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 37,211,826.09 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Sao Tome and Principe’s GDP in 1971?
37,288,845.21 (1971). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Sao Tome and Principe’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Sao Tome and Principe’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2537.0% in total — about 6.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 981,293,586.91; 2024: 824,992,558.05; 2023: 690,456,806.7; 2022: 540,809,499.19; 2021: 524,402,455.55. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.