International Rankings of Sao Tome and Principe 2022, country comparisons

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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	52	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	182	2512	2020
Internet users - percent of population	64	33 %	2020
Internet users - total	174	72323	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	1	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	183	2790	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	97	79	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	176	174203	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	204	112.400 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	203	103.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	49	2.4 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	210	0 US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	168	7.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	60	17.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	30	81.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	73	40.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	16	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	69	11.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	133	14.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	41	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	40	5 %	2017
Labor force	173	72600 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	60	26.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	55	21.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	94	52.5 %	2014
Population below poverty line	4	66.7	2017
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	186	890.000 million US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	127	4100 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	87	26.2 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2012
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	49	20.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	190	173000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	189	78.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	189	28000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	180	11.900 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	33	89.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	93	10.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	66	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	142	11.636 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	178	1200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	188	1027 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	173	0.12 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	173	0.04 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	63	25.66 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	56	50.7	2018
Land use - arable land	94	9.1	2018
Land use - forest	95	28.1	2018
Land use - other	105	21.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	2	40.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	144	1	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	33	1.9 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	149	2.180 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	147	25.600 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	153	600000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	159	14.700 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	41	2.96	2025
Urbanization - urban population	50	75.8	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	171	964 sq km	0
Area - total	172	964 sq km	0
Area - water	179	0184 sq km	0
Coastline	118	209 km	0
Elevation - highest point	92	2024 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	130	100 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	56	50.7	2018
Land use - arable land	94	9.1	2018
Land use - forest	95	28.1	2018
Land use - other	105	21.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	2	40.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	144	1	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	3	21.59	2487
Age structure - 25-54 years	173	31.61	3834
Age structure - 55-64 years	171	4.17	4700
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	122	0.42 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	112	0.23 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	81	4.23 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	12	3.58 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	33	28.19 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	63	5.4 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	72	49.7 %	2019
Current health expenditure	57	5.5 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	119	6.2 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	120	6.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	41	14.9 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	27	77.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	27	71.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	75	6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	86	1.5 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	34	5 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	41	2.9 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	24	40.84 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	27	47.82 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	26	44.38 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	159	68.72 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	153	65.44 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	159	67.06 years	0
Literacy - female	52	89.5 %	2018
Literacy - male	30	96.2 %	0
Literacy - total population	45	92.8 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	55	130 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	140	19.7 years	2020
Median age - male	133	18.9 years	0
Median age - total	130	19.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	78	19.4	0809
Net migration rate	164	7.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	94	12.4 %	2016
Physicians density	127	0.49 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	172	217164	2022
Population growth rate	57	1.48 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	86	57.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	32	57.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	21	46.6 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	7	42.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	13 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	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	20	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	33	0.88	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.7 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	97	1.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	132	10.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	117	5.7 %	2020
Total fertility rate	31	3.56 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	41	2.96	2025
Urbanization - urban population	50	75.8	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2012
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	49	20.8	0
Transportation
Airports	118	2	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	119	22	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	99	1	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	139	230 km	2018
Roadways - total	135	1300 km	2018
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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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