# São Tomé and Príncipe — national dossier

São Tomé and Príncipe — economy, society, governance, health, education, technology, geography and resources in one sourced dossier: 39 indicators, each…

Canonical: https://terralore.co/country/STP
Updated: 2026-08-14 (latest domain refresh; each figure carries its own observation year)

## Overview

- Official name: Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
- Capital: São Tomé
- Region: Middle Africa, Africa
- Population: 215,000
- Area: 964 km²
- Languages: Portuguese
- Currency: São Tomé and Príncipe dobra (STN)

A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Each figure shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation.

## Economy

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $981 M | 2025 | World Development Indicators |
| GDP per capita | $4,084 | 2025 | World Development Indicators |
| GDP growth | 1.0% | 2025 | World Development Indicators |
| Inflation | 11.0% | 2025 | World Development Indicators |
| Trade openness | 46.6% | 2025 | World Development Indicators |

## Society

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 240,000 | 2025 | World Development Indicators |
| Life expectancy | 69.9 yrs | 2024 | World Development Indicators |
| Urban population | 69.2% | 2025 | World Development Indicators |
| Fertility rate | 3.6 | 2024 | World Development Indicators |
| Literacy rate | 87.4% | 2019 | World Development Indicators |

## Governance

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voice & accountability | 59.7 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) |
| Political stability | 74.2 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) |
| Government effectiveness | 37.4 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) |
| Regulatory quality | 40.8 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) |
| Rule of law | 50.9 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) |
| Control of corruption | 51.6 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) |

## Health

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health spending | 5.8% | 2023 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) |
| Physicians | 0.46 | 2022 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) |
| Under-5 mortality | 13.6 | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) |
| Measles immunisation | 87.0% | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) |
| Safe drinking water | 36.7% | 2024 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) |

## Education

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 87.4% | 2019 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) |
| Education spending | 5.0% | 2023 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) |
| Primary enrolment | 110.4% | 2017 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) |
| Secondary enrolment | 90.4% | 2017 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) |
| Tertiary enrolment | 12.8% | 2015 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) |

## Technology

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 59.1% | 2024 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) |
| Mobile subscriptions | 62 | 2024 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) |
| High-tech exports | 29.3% | 2023 | World Development Indicators |

## Geography

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land area | 960 km² | 2023 | World Development Indicators |
| Forest area | 52.1% | 2023 | World Development Indicators |
| Agricultural land | 44.8% | 2023 | World Development Indicators |
| CO₂ per capita (t) | 0.6 | 2024 | World Development Indicators |
| Renewable energy | 42.5% | 2022 | World Development Indicators |

## Resources

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resource rents | 1.9% | 2021 | World Development Indicators |
| Oil rents | 0.0% | 2021 | World Development Indicators |
| Mineral rents | 0.0% | 2021 | World Development Indicators |
| Forest rents | 1.9% | 2021 | World Development Indicators |
| Electricity access | 77.7% | 2024 | World Development Indicators |

Every metric above is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/<metric>.md).

Machine-readable claims — every figure above as an addressable claim ID (TL:STP:<metric>:<year>) with value, source, license and a ready citation string: https://terralore.co/country/STP.claims.json

History: "Empty volcanic islands turned by Portugal into one of the world's first slave-plantation societies — a sugar, then cocoa, economy built on bondage and forced labour, scarred by the 1595 revolt of Rei Amador and the 1953 Batepá massacre, and freed at last in 1975." — the sourced chronicle is at https://terralore.co/country/STP/chronicle.md (5 eras, 25 events).

## Sources

- World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://data.worldbank.org
- Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators
- Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.who.int/data/gho
- Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://childmortality.org
- Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://uis.unesco.org
- ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics

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