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Sao Tome and Principe Trade Balance

$-196.66Mas of 2025-81.2% vs 2024

Trade Balance 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.

Exports minus imports of goods and services, in current US dollars. Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Retrieved August 14, 2026.

Trend

2008 – 2025 · World Bank

History

most recent 12 periods
PeriodTrade Balance
2025$-196.66M
2024$-108.52M
2023$-127.64M
2022$-138.7M
2021$-145.45M
2020$-129.32M
2019$-140.97M
2018$-142.48M
2017$-124.57M
2016$-106.81M
2015$-117.63M
2014$-166.25M

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Trade Balance across Africa

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CountryTrade BalancePeriod
Nigeria$-322.41M1960
Kenya$-8.15B2025
South Africa$8.16B2025
Egypt$-42.71B2025
Ghana$953.4M2024
Ethiopia$-8.71B2025

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