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Sao Tome and Principe — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Sao Tome and Principe, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
23.34%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -5.4% since 1990
Labor participation for Sao Tome and Principe was 23.34% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 24.70% in 1992. The lowest was 23.12% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.16% per year.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 187 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 100%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Sao Tome and Principe sits below it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
23.34%
First (1990)
24.68%
Change
-5.4%
Highest
24.70%
in 1992
Lowest
23.12%
in 2020
Average
24.06%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.16%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.34% |
| 2024 | 23.39% |
| 2023 | 23.45% |
| 2022 | 23.51% |
| 2021 | 23.31% |
| 2020 | 23.12% |
| 2019 | 23.69% |
| 2018 | 23.79% |
| 2017 | 23.88% |
| 2016 | 23.95% |
| 2015 | 24% |
| 2014 | 24.02% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. 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
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.