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🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

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Headline inflation 9.00% stale Mar 2026

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Tier 1 · Markets

The Market Now

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Official rate, 10-year annual average (World Bank)

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Tier 2 · Policy & Prices

Policy & Prices

Policy rate

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Inflation

Series	YoY	Period	Source
Headline stale	9.00%	Mar 2026	Source

As of 12 Sep 2026, 19:49 UTC

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Yield curve

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Tier 3 · Structure

Structure & trajectory

Annual indicators, latest available year on each card · Sources: World Bank / UN / IMF WEO Oct 2025 / V-Dem / EIA

15 of 24 indicators improving improving

Rule: for each metric with at least two observations, direction is the sign of (latest − earliest). Child mortality, $3/day poverty, national poverty, debt service, debt-to-GDP, and the Gini index are inverted (a decline is improvement). Overall: improving if ≥60% of those metrics improved, mixed if 40–60%, worsening if <40%.

Population

240,254 · 2025

↑ 43,487 since 2014

GDP per capita (PPP)

$6,388 · 2025

↑ $3,155 since 2014

GDP per capita growth

-1% · 2025

↓ 3.9 pts since 2014

Life expectancy

69.9 years · 2024

↑ 4.4 years since 2014

Child mortality

13.6 per 1,000 · 2024

↓ 11.9 since 2014

Internet users

59.1% · 2024

↑ 34.7 pts since 2014

Manufacturing share of GDP

0.6% · 2025

↓ 1.9 pts since 2014

Electricity access

77.7% · 2024

↑ 9.1 pts since 2014

Poverty ($3/day)

13% · 2017

National poverty line

55.5% · 2017

Adult literacy

87.4% · 2019

Debt service / exports

3.5% · 2024

↓ 10.4 pts since 2014

Exports of goods and services

$117.6M · 2024

↑ $30.5M since 2014

GDP growth

1% · 2025

↓ 3.9 pts since 2014

GDP

$981.3M · 2025

↑ $688.2M since 2014

Unemployment

9.1% · 2025

↓ 2.3 pts since 2014

ILO modeled estimate — national definitions differ

FDI inflows

$-16.7M · 2024

↓ $43.2M since 2014

Remittances

$80.1M · 2024

↑ $53.3M since 2014

External debt

$326.4M · 2024

↑ $120.1M since 2014

Agriculture share of GDP

12.2% · 2025

↓ 1.1 pts since 2014

Services share of GDP

81.4% · 2025

↑ 8.9 pts since 2014

Investment rate

8.7% · 2025

↓ 7.4 pts since 2014

Terms of trade

130.30 · 2024

↑ 26.90 since 2014

FX reserves

$58.8M · 2024

↓ $4.7M since 2014

includes gold

Lending rate

17.8% · 2024

↓ 5.3 pts since 2014

Deposit rate

2.6% · 2024

↓ 6.3 pts since 2014

Gini index

40.70 · 2017

Health expenditure

5.8% · 2023

↓ 2.1 pts since 2014

Physicians

0.5 per 1,000 · 2022

↑ 0.1 since 2015

Tertiary enrollment

12.8% · 2015

↑ 3.6 pts since 2014

Tourist arrivals

33,400 · 2018

↑ 7,800 since 2015

Account ownership

not available

Exports per capita derived

$499.18 · 2024

↑ $56.54 since 2014

Median age

19.1 years · 2023

↑ 1.2 years since 2014

Government revenue / GDP

21.6% · 2026

↓ 8.1 pts since 2014

Debt to GDP

50.4% · 2026

↓ 42.1 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

Gross debt (national currency)

STN 12.2B · 2026

↑ STN 7.1B since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

Current account / GDP

-4.7% · 2026

↑ 20.5 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

Budget balance / GDP

1% · 2026

↑ 7.3 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

Electoral democracy

0.63 · 2025

↓ 0.03 since 2014

Trade profile

Exports

$117.6M · 2024

↑ $30.5M since 2014

Imports

$236.5M · 2024

↑ $7.3M since 2014

Balance derived

−$118.9M · 2024

↑ $23.1M since 2014

Top exports · 2023

Products

Cocoa and cocoa preparations $10.2M · 61.5%
Animal or vegetable fats and oils $5.6M · 33.8%
Coffee, tea, spices $325,057 · 2.0%
Aircraft and spacecraft $53,996 · 0.3%
Machinery and mechanical appliances $53,033 · 0.3%
Edible fruit and nuts $48,912 · 0.3%
Dairy, eggs, honey $46,083 · 0.3%
Vehicles other than railway $34,973 · 0.2%
Miscellaneous chemical products $32,472 · 0.2%
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits $30,830 · 0.2%

Partners

Netherlands $10M · 60.3%
Belgium $3.4M · 20.7%
Portugal $784,422 · 4.7%
Germany $532,378 · 3.2%
Spain $521,659 · 3.2%
Cameroon $311,228 · 1.9%
France $300,485 · 1.8%
Bulgaria $203,524 · 1.2%
Estonia $125,571 · 0.8%
United States $87,876 · 0.5%

Top imports · 2023

Products

Mineral fuels $53.8M · 29.3%
Electrical machinery and equipment $15.6M · 8.5%
Cereals $15.2M · 8.3%
Beverages, spirits, vinegar $8.9M · 4.8%
Machinery and mechanical appliances $8.8M · 4.8%
Vehicles other than railway $8.5M · 4.6%
Milling products $6.2M · 3.4%
Animal or vegetable fats and oils $4.5M · 2.5%
Salt, earths, stone, cement $4.3M · 2.4%
Meat and edible offal $3.8M · 2.1%

Partners

Portugal $66.4M · 36.2%
Togo $28.7M · 15.6%
Angola $25.2M · 13.7%
Japan $10.2M · 5.6%
Türkiye $9.6M · 5.2%
China $8.3M · 4.5%
United States $4.6M · 2.5%
Gabon $4.2M · 2.3%
Brazil $3.5M · 1.9%
India $2.4M · 1.3%

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