Services, value added in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Services, value added was 81.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Sao Tome and Principe, 2008–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Sao Tome and Principe is 81.4%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 83.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 64.6%, in 2010.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 10th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Services, value added in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 68.4% | — |
| 2009 | 65.5% | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 64.6% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 68.9% | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 70.7% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 71.0% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 72.5% | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 74.0% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 79.5% | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 81.0% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 82.0% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 83.8% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 75.1% | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 75.5% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 78.6% | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 79.5% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 81.1% | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 81.4% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 66.9% | 65.5% | 68.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 74.8% | 64.6% | 83.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.5% | 75.1% | 81.4% | 6 |
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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)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 18.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 21.91 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 89,480 current LCU per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 8.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.4375 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 1,787 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 24.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.11 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Services, value added in Sao Tome and Principe was 81.4% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 83.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.6% in 2010.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for services, value added?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 10th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.