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Sao Tome and Principe Foreign Direct Investment

$9.51Mas of 2025-56.4% vs 2024

Foreign Direct Investment is measured in current U.S. dollars. Changes in the STN/USD exchange rate can affect the dollar value; this chart does not separate those effects.

Net foreign direct investment inflows, in current US dollars. Source: UNCTAD STRUCTURAL TRADE. Retrieved August 19, 2026.

Trend

2000 – 2025 · UNCTAD

History

most recent 12 periods
PeriodForeign Direct Investment
2025$9.51M
2024$21.82M
2023$23.93M
2022$127.04M
2021$18.79M
2020$33.03M
2019$23.14M
2018$22.52M
2017$29.76M
2016$27.06M
2015$15.5M
2014$41.39M

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Foreign Direct Investment across Africa

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CountryForeign Direct InvestmentPeriod
Nigeria$4.01B2025
Kenya$3.2B2025
South Africa$-2.31B2025
Egypt$15.45B2025
Ghana$1.91B2025
Ethiopia$3.8B2025

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