Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Sao Tome and Principe

Human development index in Sao Tome and Principe in 2023 — 0.637 index. Ranked 141 in the world out of 193. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 19.1%.

2023 0.637 index +0.16% vs 2022
World rank 141of 193
Period maximum 0.637 index2023
Period minimum 0.535 index2005

Trend over time

2005–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Sao Tome and Principe, 2005–20230.50.550.60.6520052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 0.535 index2006: 0.546 index2007: 0.552 index2008: 0.557 index2009: 0.561 index2010: 0.564 index2011: 0.569 index2012: 0.574 index2013: 0.585 index2014: 0.596 index2015: 0.608 index2016: 0.613 index2017: 0.617 index2018: 0.621 index2019: 0.625 index2020: 0.628 index2021: 0.631 index2022: 0.636 index2023: 0.637 index
Change over the period: +0.102 (+19.07%) Average annual rate: 0.97 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Sao Tome and Principe 0.637 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Middle Africa computed 0.543 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.637 +0.001 +0.16%
2022 0.636 +0.005 +0.79%
2021 0.631 +0.003 +0.48%
2020 0.628 +0.003 +0.48%
2019 0.625 +0.004 +0.64%
2018 0.621 +0.004 +0.65%
2017 0.617 +0.004 +0.65%
2016 0.613 +0.005 +0.82%
2015 0.608 +0.012 +2.01%
2014 0.596 +0.011 +1.88%
2013 0.585 +0.011 +1.92%
2012 0.574 +0.005 +0.88%
2011 0.569 +0.005 +0.89%
2010 0.564 +0.003 +0.53%
2009 0.561 +0.004 +0.72%
2008 0.557 +0.005 +0.91%
2007 0.552 +0.006 +1.1%
2006 0.546 +0.011 +2.06%
2005 0.535

About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.