Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency, per square in Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe: Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency, per square was 16.34 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
16.34 million SLC per square kilometre
Change on year
up 22.1%
World rank
87th
of 194 countries
All-time high
16.34 million SLC per square kilometre
in 2023
All-time low
0.0011 million SLC per square kilometre
in 1971
Years of data
54
1970–2023

Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency, per square in Sao Tome and Principe, 1970–2023

051015197019962023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per square kilometre.

Analysis

The most recent figure for gross national income — value standard local currency, per square in Sao Tome and Principe is 16.34 million SLC per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

That represents a change of up 22.1% on the previous year and up 178.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross national income — value standard local currency, per square in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 16.34 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0011 million SLC per square kilometre, in 1971.

That places Sao Tome and Principe 87th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, 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 National Income — Value Standard Local Currency, per square in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year

Annual values for Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency, per square kilometre in Sao Tome and Principe, 1970 to 2023.
Year million SLC per square kilometre Change
1970 0.0011 million SLC per square kilometre
1971 0.0011 million SLC per square kilometre -1.2%
1972 0.0012 million SLC per square kilometre +6.0%
1973 0.0014 million SLC per square kilometre +22.5%
1974 0.0015 million SLC per square kilometre +7.0%
1975 0.0016 million SLC per square kilometre +4.5%
1976 0.0016 million SLC per square kilometre +2.5%
1977 0.0019 million SLC per square kilometre +17.5%
1978 0.0021 million SLC per square kilometre +7.7%
1979 0.0024 million SLC per square kilometre +15.7%
1980 0.003 million SLC per square kilometre +23.3%
1981 0.0033 million SLC per square kilometre +10.4%
1982 0.0032 million SLC per square kilometre -0.7%
1983 0.0031 million SLC per square kilometre -4.2%
1984 0.0034 million SLC per square kilometre +8.7%
1985 0.0037 million SLC per square kilometre +8.2%
1986 0.004 million SLC per square kilometre +8.5%
1987 0.0059 million SLC per square kilometre +48.5%
1988 0.0078 million SLC per square kilometre +33.0%
1989 0.0113 million SLC per square kilometre +44.5%
1990 0.0154 million SLC per square kilometre +36.3%
1991 0.0191 million SLC per square kilometre +23.9%
1992 0.0269 million SLC per square kilometre +40.5%
1993 0.0474 million SLC per square kilometre +76.4%
1994 0.0849 million SLC per square kilometre +79.0%
1995 0.1283 million SLC per square kilometre +51.2%
1996 0.2644 million SLC per square kilometre +106.0%
1997 0.3688 million SLC per square kilometre +39.5%
1998 0.4324 million SLC per square kilometre +17.2%
1999 0.4908 million SLC per square kilometre +13.5%
2000 0.5502 million SLC per square kilometre +12.1%
2001 0.6363 million SLC per square kilometre +15.6%
2002 0.7355 million SLC per square kilometre +15.6%
2003 0.9136 million SLC per square kilometre +24.2%
2004 1.05 million SLC per square kilometre +15.5%
2005 1.36 million SLC per square kilometre +28.5%
2006 1.78 million SLC per square kilometre +31.5%
2007 2.12 million SLC per square kilometre +18.9%
2008 2.88 million SLC per square kilometre +35.7%
2009 3.17 million SLC per square kilometre +10.1%
2010 3.8 million SLC per square kilometre +19.9%
2011 4.27 million SLC per square kilometre +12.5%
2012 4.93 million SLC per square kilometre +15.3%
2013 5.87 million SLC per square kilometre +19.2%
2014 6.83 million SLC per square kilometre +16.2%
2015 7.3 million SLC per square kilometre +7.0%
2016 8.04 million SLC per square kilometre +10.1%
2017 8.55 million SLC per square kilometre +6.3%
2018 8.98 million SLC per square kilometre +5.1%
2019 9.78 million SLC per square kilometre +8.9%
2020 10.78 million SLC per square kilometre +10.3%
2021 11.45 million SLC per square kilometre +6.3%
2022 13.38 million SLC per square kilometre +16.8%
2023 16.34 million SLC per square kilometre +22.1%

Sao Tome and Principe compared with similar countries

  • Sao Tome and Principe's 16.34 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.07 million SLC per square kilometre, 81% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
  • Sao Tome and Principe's 16.34 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.56 million SLC per square kilometre, 64% of the median. (45 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency, per square in Sao Tome and Principe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1996 +106.0% 0.1283 million SLC per square kilometre 0.2644 million SLC per square kilometre

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.0016 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0011 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0024 million SLC per square kilometre 10
1980s 0.0049 million SLC per square kilometre 0.003 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0113 million SLC per square kilometre 10
1990s 0.1878 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0154 million SLC per square kilometre 0.4908 million SLC per square kilometre 10
2000s 1.52 million SLC per square kilometre 0.5502 million SLC per square kilometre 3.17 million SLC per square kilometre 10
2010s 6.83 million SLC per square kilometre 3.8 million SLC per square kilometre 9.78 million SLC per square kilometre 10
2020s 12.99 million SLC per square kilometre 10.78 million SLC per square kilometre 16.34 million SLC per square kilometre 4

Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe

  1. 84 Nauru 19.04 million SLC per square kilometre compare
  2. 85 Guyana 18.23 million SLC per square kilometre compare
  3. 86 Cayman Islands 17.43 million SLC per square kilometre compare
  4. 88 Mexico 15.98 million SLC per square kilometre compare
  5. 89 Sweden 15.8 million SLC per square kilometre compare
  6. 90 Uruguay 15.55 million SLC per square kilometre compare

See the full ranking of 194 places →

More economy & growth data for Sao Tome and Principe

All data for Sao Tome and Principe →

Frequently asked questions

What is gross national income — value standard local currency, per square in Sao Tome and Principe?
Gross national income — value standard local currency, per square in Sao Tome and Principe was 16.34 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest gross national income — value standard local currency, per square recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
The highest recorded value was 16.34 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023.
What is the lowest gross national income — value standard local currency, per square recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0011 million SLC per square kilometre in 1971.
How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for gross national income — value standard local currency, per square?
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 87th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
Is gross national income — value standard local currency, per square rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
Over the last ten years it is up 178.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Sao Tome and Principe data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 54 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency, per square in Sao Tome and Principe. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/gross-national-income-value-standard-local-currency-per-square-kilometre/sao-tome-and-principe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/gross-national-income-value-standard-local-currency-per-square-kilometre/sao-tome-and-principe/">Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency, per square in Sao Tome and Principe</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency ÷ Land area (sq. km)

Computed from

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator
Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency, per square kilometre
Unit
million SLC per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
194 places, 9,587 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.