International Rankings of Sao Tome and Principe 2021, country comparisons

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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	186	1642	0
Internet users - percent of population	169	29.93 %	2018
Internet users - total	187	61193	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	168	2.31	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	201	4784	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	167	79.9	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	183	165761	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	213	112.400 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	212	103.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	53	2.4 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	146	28.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	135	45	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	96	78.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	97	66	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	222	0 US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	175	7.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	65	17.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	31	81.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	76	40.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	17	33.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	71	11.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	139	14.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	44	73.4 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	41	5 %	2017
Labor force	179	72600 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	64	26.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	58	21.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	100	52.5 %	2014
Population below poverty line	5	66.7	2017
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	195	853.000 million US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	153	3970 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	92	26.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	198	148100	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	197	61.380 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	11	88	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	59	11	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	200	18100 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	193	66.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	163	1000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	195	1027 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	176	0.12 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	177	0.04 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	65	25.66 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	59	50.7	2018
Land use - arable land	97	9.1	2018
Land use - forest	103	28.1	2018
Land use - other	112	21.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	2	40.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	1	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	34	1.9 % 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	2025
Urbanization - urban population	60	75.1	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	181	964 sq km	0
Area - total	181	964 sq km	0
Area - water	188	0184 sq km	0
Coastline	127	209 km	0
Elevation - highest point	93	2024 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	129	100 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	59	50.7	2018
Land use - arable land	97	9.1	2018
Land use - forest	103	28.1	2018
Land use - other	112	21.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	2	40.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	1	2018
Total renewable water resources	152	2.180 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	3	21.59 %	2487
Age structure - 25-54 years	183	31.61 %	3834
Age structure - 55-64 years	181	4.17 %	4700
Birth rate	31	28.94 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	75	49.7 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	48	6.3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	125	6.33 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	118	5.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	28	18.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	25	81 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	24	75.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	62	11.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	78	3.2 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	28	5.1 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	35	0.3	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	107	1100	2020
Hospital bed density	40	2.9 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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	31	45.3 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	163	68.36 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	159	65.14 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	162	66.72 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	56	130	2017
Median age - female	146	19.7 years	2020
Median age - male	135	18.9 years	0
Median age - total	137	19.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	76	19.4	0809
Net migration rate	171	7.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	98	12.4 %	2016
Physicians density	151	0.05 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	178	213948	2021
Population growth rate	59	1.5 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	101	54.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	30	64.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	19	50.9 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	6	45.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	13 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	28	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	35	0.87	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.77 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	30	3.69 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	145	N/A	2012
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	136	N/A	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	53	20.8	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	43	2.96	2025
Urbanization - urban population	60	75.1	2021
Transportation
Airports	120	2	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	76	2	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	96	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	101	1	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	144	230 km	2018
Roadways - total	140	1300 km	2018
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*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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