International Rankings of Sao Tome and Principe 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Sao Tome and Principe, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Sao Tome and Principe, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1.00	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	186	1642	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	169	29.93 %	2018
Internet users - total	187	61193	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	168	2.31	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	201	4784	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	167	79.90	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	183	165761	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	213	112.400 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	212	103.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	53	2.40 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	74	32.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	182	292.900 million US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	146	29	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	135	45	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	96	78	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	97	66	2020
Exports	210	15.600 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	175	7.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	65	17.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	31	81.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	76	40.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	17	33.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	71	11.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	139	14.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	44	73.40 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	4	56 %	2017
Gross national saving	90	19	2017
Imports	208	127.700 million US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	41	5.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	27	7.80 %	2018
Labor force	179	72600 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	64	26 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	58	21 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	100	53 %	2014
Population below poverty line	5	67 %	2017
Public debt	26	88.40 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	204	853.000 million US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	50	3.90 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	175	3970 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	181	58.950 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	92	26.20 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	42	12.20 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	198	148100	2017
Electricity - consumption	197	61.380 million kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	11	88	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	59	11	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	200	18100 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	193	66.000 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	163	1000	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	195	1027 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	65	26 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	59	51	2018
Land use - arable land	97	9	2018
Land use - forest	103	28	2018
Land use - other	112	21	2018
Land use - permanent crops	2	41	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	1	2018
Revenue from forest resources	34	2 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	153	2.180 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	151	25.600 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	156	600000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	163	14.700 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	43	2.96	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	60	75	2021
Geography
Area - land	181	964 sq km	N/A
Area - total	181	964 sq km	N/A
Coastline	128	209 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	92	2024 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	128	100 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	59	51	2018
Land use - arable land	97	9	2018
Land use - forest	103	28	2018
Land use - other	112	21	2018
Land use - permanent crops	2	41	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	1	2018
Total renewable water resources	152	2.180 billion	2017
Population Density	56	221.94 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	3	21.59	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	183	31.61	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	181	4.17	N/A
Birth rate	31	28.94 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	75	49.70 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	48	6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	125	6.33 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	118	5.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	28	18.40 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	25	81.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	24	75.60 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	62	12 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	78	3 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	28	5 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	35	0.30	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	107	1100	2020
Hospital bed density	40	2.90 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	26	41.77 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	32	48.72 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	31	45.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	163	68 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	159	65 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	162	67 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	56	130.00	2017
Median age - female	146	20 years	2020
Median age - male	135	19 years	N/A
Median age - total	137	19 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	76	19	0809
Net migration rate	171	7.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	98	12.40 %	2016
Physicians density	151	0.05 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	178	213948	2021
Population growth rate	59	1.50 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	101	54 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	30	65 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	19	51 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	6	46 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	13 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	28	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	35	0.87	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.77 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	30	3.69 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	53	21	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	43	2.96	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	60	75	2021
Transportation
Airports	120	2	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	76	2	2019
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	101	1.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Roadways - paved	143	230 km	2018
Roadways - total	140	1300 km	2018

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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