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Sao Tome and Principe — statistics

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302 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Middle Africa Income group: Lower middle income ISO: STP
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 240,254 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 69.9 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 3.6 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 28.1 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 5.5 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 1.98 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 69.2 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 166,189 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 30.8 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 240.5 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 3.9 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 37.5 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 70.6 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -650 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 50.32 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 119,369 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 120,885 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 89,988 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 140,789 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 9,477 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 66.41 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 73.91 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 85.2 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 49.7 2019 UN DESA
Rural population people 74,065 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 1,955 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 0.8 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of origin people 5 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 87 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 210 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 30 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 1 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 0.46 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 19.5 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 9.2 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 13.6 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 75 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 0.9 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 59.3 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 31.5 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 6.8 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 27.9 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 26 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 225.4 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 16.7 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 0.31 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 62.4 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 272 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 144.3 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 981M 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 4,084 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 1.03 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 1.53B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 6,388 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 3,800 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 11.05 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 11.94 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 2.2 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 0.6 2025 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 12.2 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 81.4 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 101 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 10.3 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 8.7 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 1.8 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 3.2 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 7,895 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 5 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 327M 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 1,360 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % -0.96 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.001 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 1.06B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 21.86M 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 5.83M 2025 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 120M 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 799M 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 991M 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 101M 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 85.79M 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 9 2024 World Bank
Consumer price index index 430.23 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 5 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 6,751 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 1.66B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 13.867 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 38.3 2031 IMF
Budget balance % 2.7 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 326M 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ -16.68M 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 3.83M 2024 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % -2.02 2024 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 2.19 2020 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 268 2020 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 787 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 2,004 2023 FAO
Food production index index 107.3 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 108 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 44.79 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 4.17 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.0173 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 68 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 430 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 4,000 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 393 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 107.4 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 42.5 2022 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.003 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 10.7 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 38,767 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 1,199 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 0.8 2023 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 49,553 2019 UNCTAD
Logistics performance index score 2.65 2018 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 59.12 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 62.4 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 2.99 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 0.76 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 42 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 0.56 2024 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 493,541 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 147,061 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 7,052 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.637 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.98 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.492 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 45 2024 Transparency Intl

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Middle Africa