Indicators of economy in Sao Tome and Principe

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product, the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2021 was at about 12,230 USD per capita. GDP in Sao Tome and Principe, on the other hand, reached USD 2,361 per capita, or 526.65 million USD for the whole country. Sao Tome and Principe is currently at number 202 among the international economies and is therefore one of the less significant. If this is calculated per inhabitant, taking purchasing power parity into account, then Sao Tome and Principe ranks 150th in the list of the richest countries.

Inflation in Sao Tome and Principe in 2018 was around 7.86%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.55 percent. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.

Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 100.0 percent lower.
The index for perceived corruption in the public sector is 45, which is below average by global standards.


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