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São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe is a $981.3M economy (2025), growing 1.0% in real terms, with consumer inflation at 11.0%. 21 of 22 tracked series are published for this country.

USD/STN

21.78

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Data

Economy

GDP · 2025

$981.3M

+18.9% vs 2024

2010: $190M2011: $226.5M2012: $229.4M2013: $267M2014: $293.1M2015: $260M2016: $292.3M2017: $322M2018: $383.7M2019: $413M2020: $471.2M2021: $524.4M2022: $540.8M2023: $690.5M2024: $825M2025: $981.3M
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GDP growth · 2025

1.0%

−0.5 pts vs 2024

2010: 1.4%2011: 2.0%2012: 2.9%2013: 5.1%2014: 4.9%2015: 1.5%2016: 5.2%2017: 4.1%2018: 4.4%2019: 2.0%2020: 2.6%2021: 1.9%2022: 0.2%2023: 0.4%2024: 1.5%2025: 1.0%
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GDP per capita · 2025

$4.1K

+16.6% vs 2024

2010: $1K2011: $1.2K2012: $1.2K2013: $1.4K2014: $1.5K2015: $1.3K2016: $1.4K2017: $1.6K2018: $1.8K2019: $1.9K2020: $2.2K2021: $2.4K2022: $2.4K2023: $3K2024: $3.5K2025: $4.1K
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Inflation · 2025

11.0%

−3.3 pts vs 2024

2010: 13.3%2011: 14.3%2012: 10.6%2013: 8.1%2014: 7.0%2015: 5.2%2016: 5.4%2017: 5.7%2018: 7.9%2019: 7.7%2020: 9.8%2021: 8.1%2022: 18.0%2023: 21.3%2024: 14.4%2025: 11.0%
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Unemployment · 2025

9.1%

+0.1 pts vs 2024

2010: 14.6%2011: 14.2%2012: 13.6%2013: 12.5%2014: 11.4%2015: 10.6%2016: 9.7%2017: 8.8%2018: 8.7%2019: 8.8%2020: 9.7%2021: 9.6%2022: 9.0%2023: 9.0%2024: 9.1%2025: 9.1%
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Population · 2025

240.3K

+2.0% vs 2024

2010: 181.8K2011: 185.6K2012: 189.4K2013: 193.1K2014: 196.8K2015: 200.3K2016: 203.7K2017: 207K2018: 210.2K2019: 213.4K2020: 217.4K2021: 222K2022: 226.3K2023: 230.9K2024: 235.5K2025: 240.3K
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Agriculture share · 2025

12.2%

−0.3 pts vs 2024

2010: 11.6%2011: 12.3%2012: 12.9%2013: 13.4%2014: 13.3%2015: 14.1%2016: 13.1%2017: 12.7%2018: 11.8%2019: 11.9%2020: 14.1%2021: 15.3%2022: 13.9%2023: 13.5%2024: 12.5%2025: 12.2%
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Data

Debt, rates and money

Government debt

Not published by source

External debt · 2024

42.7%

−3.7 pts vs 2023

2010: 93.7%2011: 95.7%2012: 84.6%2013: 76.4%2014: 68.5%2015: 89.0%2016: 81.6%2017: 84.7%2018: 66.3%2019: 66.8%2020: 65.7%2021: 62.1%2022: 52.0%2023: 46.4%2024: 42.7%
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Debt service · 2024

3.5%

−1.6 pts vs 2023

2010: 6.3%2011: 5.3%2012: 33.7%2013: 10.9%2014: 13.9%2015: 2.9%2016: 2.6%2017: 4.1%2018: 4.7%2019: 11.7%2020: 5.0%2021: 3.9%2022: 7.2%2023: 5.1%2024: 3.5%
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Import cover · 2024

3.5 mo

+0.9 mo vs 2023

2010: 4.7 mo2011: 4.2 mo2012: 4.2 mo2013: 4.2 mo2014: 3.2 mo2015: 4.6 mo2016: 4.0 mo2017: 3.6 mo2018: 2.6 mo2019: 2.9 mo2020: 5.5 mo2021: 4.4 mo2022: 3.0 mo2023: 2.6 mo2024: 3.5 mo
#21 of 35

Lending rate · 2024

17.8%

+0.0 pts vs 2023

2010: 28.9%2011: 27.0%2012: 26.2%2013: 25.9%2014: 23.2%2015: 23.3%2016: 19.6%2017: 19.6%2018: 19.9%2019: 19.1%2020: 18.8%2021: 18.5%2022: 17.9%2023: 17.8%2024: 17.8%
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Private credit · 2023

7.8%

−5.0 pts vs 2022

2010: 39.2%2011: 39.7%2012: 41.0%2013: 36.3%2014: 32.7%2015: 33.3%2016: 31.5%2017: 29.4%2018: 24.8%2019: 22.5%2020: 19.9%2021: 17.7%2022: 12.9%2023: 7.8%
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FX (annual avg) · 2024

22.6

−0.1% vs 2023

2010: 18.52011: 17.62012: 19.12013: 18.42014: 18.52015: 22.12016: 22.12017: 21.72018: 20.82019: 21.92020: 21.52021: 20.72022: 23.32023: 22.72024: 22.6
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Data

Capital flows

FDI inflows · 2024

$-16.7M

+35.3% vs 2023

2010: $50.6M2011: $32.2M2012: $22.5M2013: $12.2M2014: $26.5M2015: $27.9M2016: $23.3M2017: $34.2M2018: $23.7M2019: $24.2M2020: $47.1M2021: $59M2022: $55.6M2023: $-25.8M2024: $-16.7M
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Remittances · 2024

$80.1M

−18.0% vs 2023

2010: $6.4M2011: $6.9M2012: $6.4M2013: $26.6M2014: $26.8M2015: $20M2016: $18M2017: $18.2M2018: $17.8M2019: $11.1M2020: $8.6M2021: $10.6M2022: $102M2023: $97.7M2024: $80.1M
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Data

Trade

Exports · 2025

13.3%

−2.3 pts vs 2024

2010: 10.8%2011: 11.0%2012: 10.9%2013: 16.1%2014: 29.0%2015: 33.7%2016: 31.9%2017: 27.1%2018: 21.0%2019: 16.7%2020: 10.6%2021: 15.1%2022: 19.7%2023: 14.2%2024: 15.6%2025: 13.3%
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Current account · 2024

5.0%

+2.0 pts vs 2023

2010: -46.1%2011: -46.7%2012: -43.1%2013: -30.4%2014: -35.5%2015: -26.4%2016: -21.0%2017: -22.7%2018: -19.6%2019: -21.8%2020: -12.6%2021: -18.2%2022: -4.7%2023: 3.0%2024: 5.0%
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Data

Technology

Internet use · 2024

59.1%

+0.4 pts vs 2023

2010: 18.8%2011: 20.2%2012: 21.6%2013: 23.0%2014: 24.4%2015: 25.8%2016: 28.0%2017: 32.6%2018: 38.0%2019: 44.3%2020: 51.6%2021: 54.9%2022: 58.6%2023: 58.7%2024: 59.1%
#17 of 51

Mobile subscriptions · 2024

62

−1.6% vs 2023

2010: 572011: 622012: 642013: 652014: 652015: 922016: 872017: 842018: 772019: 782020: 802021: 852022: 872023: 632024: 62
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Data

Climate and energy

Electricity access · 2024

77.7%

−3.6 pts vs 2023

2010: 61.4%2011: 62.6%2012: 57.9%2013: 65.0%2014: 68.6%2015: 67.3%2016: 69.4%2017: 74.3%2018: 71.0%2019: 75.1%2020: 76.8%2021: 78.5%2022: 78.0%2023: 81.3%2024: 77.7%
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Renewable share · 2022

42.5%

+1.7 pts vs 2021

2010: 38.2%2011: 42.4%2012: 40.1%2013: 42.8%2014: 38.4%2015: 39.2%2016: 38.1%2017: 39.2%2018: 40.6%2019: 38.6%2020: 41.6%2021: 40.8%2022: 42.5%
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Source: World Bank Open Data · World Development Indicators & International Debt Statistics · rank among African countries with a recent print

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World Bank lending to São Tomé and Príncipe

0 in the pipeline · 15 active · commitments as published by the Bank.

ProjectThemeStatusBoard dateCommitment
Sao Tome and Principe Youth Employment Opportunities ProjectP512332Health & educationActiveJul 2026$21M
Second Transport Sector Development and Resilience ProjectP512160Climate & energyActiveApr 2026$40.5M
STP Fiscal Sustainability, Energy Access and Digital Connectivity DPOP508911Climate & energyActiveApr 2026$10M
Social Protection, Resilience and Recovery ProjectP511390Climate & energyActiveSept 2025$6M
Sao Tome and Principe Transport Sector Development and Coastal Protection ProjectP508575Transport & urbanActiveJun 2025$20.4M
Access to Clean Resilient Electricity under the ASCENT Regional Program - Multi Programmatic Approach (MPA)P509853Climate & energyActiveJun 2025$8M
Coastal Resilience and Sustainable Tourism ProjectP508829Climate & energyActiveJun 2025$5.6M
Girls Empowerment and Quality Education for All ProjectP507797Health & educationActiveMar 2025—
Coastal Resilience and Sustainable Tourism ProjectP180982Climate & energyActiveApr 2024$14.4M
Access to Clean Resilient Electricity under the ASCENT Regional Program - Multi Programmatic Approach (MPA)P177099Climate & energyActiveNov 2023$38M
Digital Sao Tome and PrincipeP177158DigitalActiveJun 2022$21M
Social Protection, Resilience and Recovery ProjectP178018Climate & energyActiveMay 2022$18M
Social Protection and Skills Development Project Additional FinancingP174539Health & educationActiveMar 2021$8M
Girls Empowerment and Quality Education for All ProjectP169222Health & educationActiveDec 2020$15M
Sao Tome and Principe Transport Sector Development and Coastal Protection ProjectP161842Transport & urbanActiveMar 2019$38.9M

Source: World Bank Projects & Operations

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