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Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Seven of ten datasets here reach 2025; three stop earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Sao Tome and Principe ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
53rdGDP$825m1
36thMobile62 per 1002
17thInternet use59.1%5
Last updated 1 May 2026 · World Bank · IMF · UNICEF
No land borders, 209 km of coast.
CapitalSão ToméLanguagesPortugueseCurrencySão Tomé and Príncipe dobra · STNArea964 km²

At a glance

240,000 people, half of them under 20, in an economy of $1.2bn in 2026, growing 3.4% a year.

Sao Tome and Principe’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
7111
Current to 2025To 2024Stop by 2023Nothing held
Population240kpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age19.7years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$4,739current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use59.1%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Seven of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024; policies stops at 1993; humanitarian holds nothing in this window. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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FX rates
Markets
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Humanitarian
ReportedModelledNo figure
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Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
00.10.320142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 2.5 times exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
Where exports goTop destinations, 2025
Netherlands$0.02bnGermany$0.00bnBelgium$0.00bn
Netherlands takes more of Sao Tome and Principe’s goods than Germany and Belgium combined.Trade partners recordSources →
Where imports come fromTop origins, 2025
Portugal$0.08bnTogo$0.03bnChina$0.02bn
Portugal alone supplies more than Togo and China together.Trade partners recordSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
0$2k$4k20142024$3,503
Reported every year, including the 2015 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%10%20%2014202414.4%
14.4% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 21.3% in 2023.IMFSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
00020142024$0.01bn
Flat over the decade in current prices.World BankSources →
Goods exports by value2025 · top categories
Cocoa$0.02bnOils & fats$0.00bnOilseeds$0.00bn
Cocoa alone is 78% of the recorded top categories; services are excluded here.Trade products recordSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
50%80%110%2014202465.2%
Down 27 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Dobra per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
152025302014202422.6
Lost 11% of its dollar value in 2022, then recovered in 2023.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202477.7%
Up 9.1 points over the decade.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
015302014202413.6
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
6070802014202469.9 yrs
Rising steadily across the decade.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
50751002014202462
Still below one subscription per person.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
60%70%80%2014202468.9%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds powerEight heads of state across eleven terms since 1975, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
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19752026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

Carlos Vila Nova has held the office of President of São Tomé and Príncipe since Oct 2021. The record holds nine current ministers, and a Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe.

ElectedAppointed
Carlos Vila NovaCarlos Vila NovaPresident of São Tomé and Príncipein office since Oct 2021
No second seatthe deputy for this date is not in the record
Américo RamosAmérico RamosPrime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipein office since Jan 2025
10 seats confirmed current · 11 recorded for 2025
9Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
AgricultureEducationFinanceHealth of São Tomé and PríncipeInfrastructureWomen's RightsYouth and SportPresidency of the Council of MinistersNational Defence
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Sao Tome and Principe.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Sao Tome and Principe
The whole table

Nine measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity77.7%202468.6%+9.1 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Basic drinking water41.3%202442.3%−1.0 ptsReportedUNICEF
Basic sanitation14.0%202411.5%+2.5 ptsReportedUNICEF
Clean cooking fuel7.0%20242.0%+5.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality13.6202425.5−12.0 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth69.9 yrs202465.5 yrs+4.4 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population69.2%202567.3%+1.9 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use59.1%202424.4%+34.7 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions62 / 100202465 / 100−3ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Sao Tome and Principe

140 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Sao Tome and Principe. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

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How Sao Tome and Principe ranks across Africa

Sao Tome and Principe's position on 139 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNICEF2024
ITU2025
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Sao Tome and Principe: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

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