GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Sao Tome and Principe

GDP per capita growth in Sao Tome and Principe in 2025 — -0.96%. Ranked 175 in the world out of 186. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 4.07 pp.

2025 -0.96% −0.42 pp vs 2024
World rank 175of 186
Period maximum 20.2%1977
Period minimum -12.16%1981

Trend over time

1971–2025 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Sao Tome and Principe, 1971–2025-20-10010203019711977198319891995200120072013201920251971: 3.11%1972: 0.13%1973: -0.56%1974: 3.34%1975: 2.9%1976: -0.89%1977: 20.2%1978: 0.16%1979: 13.37%1980: -3.38%1981: -12.16%1982: 1.19%1983: -5.6%1984: -7.81%1985: 7.02%1986: -7.94%1987: -5.29%1988: -0.64%1989: 0.52%1990: -4.54%1991: -0.99%1992: -1.2%1993: -0.73%1994: 0.46%1995: 0.36%1996: -0.03%1997: -0.43%1998: 1.17%1999: 1.28%2000: -0.65%2001: 1.4%2002: 0.91%2003: 5.55%2004: 0.98%2005: 4.02%2006: 6.24%2007: 1.16%2008: 3.73%2009: 0.94%2010: -0.76%2011: -0.11%2012: 0.88%2013: 3.1%2014: 2.98%2015: -0.25%2016: 3.42%2017: 2.46%2018: 2.78%2019: 0.48%2020: 0.72%2021: -0.18%2022: -1.75%2023: -1.61%2024: -0.53%2025: -0.96%
Change over the period: −4.07 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe -0.96%
World 1.99%
Middle Africa computed 0.65%
GDP per capita growth — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -0.96 −0.42 pp
2024 -0.53 +1.08 pp
2023 -1.61 +0.14 pp
2022 -1.75 −1.58 pp
2021 -0.18 −0.9 pp
2020 0.72 +0.23 pp
2019 0.48 −2.3 pp
2018 2.78 +0.32 pp
2017 2.46 −0.96 pp
2016 3.42 +3.67 pp
2015 -0.25 −3.22 pp
2014 2.98 −0.12 pp
2013 3.1 +2.22 pp
2012 0.88 +1 pp
2011 -0.11 +0.64 pp
2010 -0.76 −1.7 pp
2009 0.94 −2.78 pp
2008 3.73 +2.57 pp
2007 1.16 −5.08 pp
2006 6.24 +2.22 pp
2005 4.02 +3.04 pp
2004 0.98 −4.57 pp
2003 5.55 +4.64 pp
2002 0.91 −0.49 pp
2001 1.4 +2.06 pp
2000 -0.65 −1.93 pp
1999 1.28 +0.12 pp
1998 1.17 +1.6 pp
1997 -0.43 −0.4 pp
1996 -0.03 −0.4 pp
1995 0.36 −0.09 pp
1994 0.46 +1.18 pp
1993 -0.73 +0.47 pp
1992 -1.2 −0.21 pp
1991 -0.99 +3.55 pp
1990 -4.54 −5.06 pp
1989 0.52 +1.16 pp
1988 -0.64 +4.65 pp
1987 -5.29 +2.65 pp
1986 -7.94 −14.97 pp
1985 7.02 +14.83 pp
1984 -7.81 −2.21 pp
1983 -5.6 −6.79 pp
1982 1.19 +13.35 pp
1981 -12.16 −8.78 pp
1980 -3.38 −16.75 pp
1979 13.37 +13.21 pp
1978 0.16 −20.04 pp
1977 20.2 +21.09 pp
1976 -0.89 −3.79 pp
1975 2.9 −0.44 pp
1974 3.34 +3.91 pp
1973 -0.56 −0.69 pp
1972 0.13 −2.98 pp
1971 3.11

About the indicator

The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.

Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.