International Rankings of Sao Tome and Principe 2023, country comparisons

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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	53	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	189	2512	2020
Internet users - percent of population	68	51 %	2021
Internet users - total	183	112200	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	1	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	195	2619	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	73	85	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	179	189239	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	213	102.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	213	95.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	53	2.4 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	91	95.248 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	186	292.900 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	211	75.256 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	230	0 US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	179	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	77	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	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	71	11.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	144	14.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	48	73.4 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	42	40.7 %	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	211	201.145 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	134	1.44 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	37	7.86 %	2018
Labor force	187	71400 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	64	26.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	60	21.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	104	52.5 %	2014
Population below poverty line	6	66.7 %	2017
Public debt	32	88.4 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	207	904.057 million US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	150	1.88 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	151	4100 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	189	75.288 million US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	40	26.2 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	29	15.91 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	45	34.3	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	73	18	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	58	22.9	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	201	173000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	197	78.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	198	28000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	187	11.900 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	37	89.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	97	10.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	147	11.636 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	187	1200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	202	1027 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	180	0.12 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	181	0.04 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	66	25.66 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	59	50.7	2018
Land use - arable land	99	9.1	2018
Land use - forest	105	28.1	2018
Land use - other	115	21.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	2	40.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	1	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	36	1.9 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	156	2.180 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	127	30.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	103	600000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	112	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	44	2.96	2025
Urbanization - urban population	56	76.4	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	185	964 sq km	0
Area - total	186	964 sq km	0
Area - water	200	0184 sq km	0
Coastline	135	209 km	0
Elevation - highest point	106	2024 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	136	100 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	59	50.7	2018
Land use - arable land	99	9.1	2018
Land use - forest	105	28.1	2018
Land use - other	115	21.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	2	40.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	1	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	0
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	125	0.42 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	116	0.23 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	84	4.23 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	12	3.58 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	37	27.43 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	67	5.4 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	73	49.7 %	2019
Current health expenditure	67	4.9 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	112	51.9 %	2023
Death rate	137	6.07 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	130	6.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	41	14.9 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	29	77.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	29	71.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	79	6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	89	1.5 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	36	5 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	31	1.69 %	2023
Hospital bed density	42	2.9 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	26	39.92 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	29	46.93 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	27	43.48 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	174	69.08 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	171	65.74 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	173	67.39 years	0
Literacy - female	55	91.1 %	2021
Literacy - male	27	96.5 %	0
Literacy - total population	41	94.8 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	55	146 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	150	19.7 years	2020
Median age - male	140	18.9 years	0
Median age - total	142	19.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	79	19.4	0809
Net migration rate	181	6.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	99	12.4 %	2016
Physicians density	131	0.49 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	184	220372	2023
Population growth rate	58	1.45 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	88	57.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	34	57.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	23	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	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	24	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.75 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	1 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	101	1.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	135	10.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	123	5.7 %	2020
Total fertility rate	38	3.44 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	44	2.96	2025
Urbanization - urban population	56	76.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	45	34.3	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	73	18	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	58	22.9	0
Transportation
Airports	121	2	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	125	25	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	148	230 km	2018
Roadways - total	157	1300 km	2018
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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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