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Sao Tome and Principe
Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income · capital Sao Tome
Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old69.9years
Ranks 155 of 217 in 2024
6% below world median · 9% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old13.6per 1,000 live births
Ranks 95 of 196 in 2024
9% below world median · 72% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old75per 100,000 live births
Ranks 118 of 194 in 2023
60% above world median · 71% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2019 · 7 years old11.7% of under-5s
Ranks 18 of 46 in 2019
22% below world median · 60% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 46 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old5.77% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
9% below world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old3.60births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
90% above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2019 · 7 years old87.4% of adults 15+
Ranks 39 of 56 in 2019
6% below world median · 59% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 56 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2017 · 9 years old110.4% gross
Ranks 21 of 163 in 2017
9% above world median · 8% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 163 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure
Education spending
2023 · 3 years old5.03% of GDP
Ranks 28 of 121 in 2023
37% above world median · 51% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old4,084current US$
Ranks 127 of 186 in 2025
48% below world median · 2.0× above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old6,388international $
Ranks 146 of 185 in 2025
68% below world median · 44% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2017 · 9 years old13.0% of population
Ranks 72 of 78 in 2017
12.7× above world median · about the same Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 78 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2017 · 9 years old40.7index, 0–100
Ranks 60 of 78 in 2017
16% above world median · about the same Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 78 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old9.1% of labour force
Ranks 143 of 182 in 2025
80% above world median · 77% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old11.0% per year
Not ranked — no better end
2.6× above world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old77.7% of population
Ranks 172 of 215 in 2024
22% below world median · 34% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Safe drinking water
2024 · 2 years old36.7% of population
Ranks 120 of 148 in 2024
55% below world median · 35% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old59.1% of population
Ranks 137 of 182 in 2024
28% below world median · 61% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old0.63t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
75% below world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old240.3kpeople
Not ranked — no better end
96% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Sao Tome and Principe has no figure in this dataset for Military spending. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.