Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 3,345 USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Sao Tome and Principe, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 3,345 USD. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.9% on the previous year and up 88.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 3,345 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 447.02 USD, in 1971.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 143rd out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 455.89 USD | — |
| 1971 | 447.02 USD | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 486.18 USD | +8.8% |
| 1973 | 643.34 USD | +32.3% |
| 1974 | 649.39 USD | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 659.19 USD | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 556.55 USD | -15.6% |
| 1977 | 512.56 USD | -7.9% |
| 1978 | 558.12 USD | +8.9% |
| 1979 | 649.69 USD | +16.4% |
| 1980 | 788.09 USD | +21.3% |
| 1981 | 789.23 USD | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 745.05 USD | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 684.33 USD | -8.1% |
| 1984 | 699.12 USD | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 724.11 USD | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 991.9 USD | +37.0% |
| 1987 | 967.99 USD | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 805.13 USD | -16.8% |
| 1989 | 781.12 USD | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 922.54 USD | +18.1% |
| 1991 | 813.15 USD | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 704.2 USD | -13.4% |
| 1993 | 916.57 USD | +30.2% |
| 1994 | 941.02 USD | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 731.05 USD | -22.3% |
| 1996 | 938.69 USD | +28.4% |
| 1997 | 629.25 USD | -33.0% |
| 1998 | 488.41 USD | -22.4% |
| 1999 | 516.11 USD | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 503.17 USD | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 493.46 USD | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 540.64 USD | +9.6% |
| 2003 | 626.37 USD | +15.9% |
| 2004 | 668.09 USD | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 780.71 USD | +16.9% |
| 2006 | 811.66 USD | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 859.33 USD | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 1,082 USD | +25.9% |
| 2009 | 1,056 USD | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 1,086 USD | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 1,256 USD | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 1,333 USD | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 1,568 USD | +17.6% |
| 2014 | 1,773 USD | +13.1% |
| 2015 | 1,589 USD | -10.4% |
| 2016 | 1,706 USD | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 1,829 USD | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 1,976 USD | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 2,018 USD | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 2,191 USD | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 2,380 USD | +8.6% |
| 2022 | 2,408 USD | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 2,963 USD | +23.1% |
| 2024 | 3,345 USD | +12.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 561.79 USD | 447.02 USD | 659.19 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 797.61 USD | 684.33 USD | 991.9 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 760.1 USD | 488.41 USD | 941.02 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 742.13 USD | 493.46 USD | 1,082 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,614 USD | 1,086 USD | 2,018 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,657 USD | 2,191 USD | 3,345 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.41 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.35 Percent per annum (2029)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 1,923 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 26.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.2 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 4,903 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 19.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 26.04 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 106,345 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 8.9 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Sao Tome and Principe was 3,345 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,345 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 447.02 USD in 1971.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 143rd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 88.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).