International Rankings of Sao Tome and Principe 2024, 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	53	1.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	189	2512	2020
Internet users - percent of population	68	51.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	183	112200	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	1.00	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	206	2501	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	72	87.00	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	182	197318	2022
Economy
Budget - expenditures	213	102.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	213	95.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	53	2.40 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	92	95.248 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	186	292.900 million US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	79	21.51	N/A
Exports	211	75.256 million US Dollars	2021
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	179	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	77	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	144	14.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	48	73.40 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	42	41 %	2017
Imports	213	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
Population below poverty line	6	67 %	2017
Public debt	34	88.40 % 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	147	4100 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	100	2	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	189	75.288 million US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	40	26.20 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	29	15.91 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	45	34.30 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	73	18.00 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	58	22.90 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	201	173000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	202	173000	2019
Electricity - consumption	197	78.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	198	28000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	187	11.900 million kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	38	74	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	34	78	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	42	80	2021
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	37	89.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	97	10.50 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	147	11.636 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	187	1200 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	202	1027 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	38	34 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	59	51	2018
Land use - arable land	99	9	2018
Land use - forest	105	28	2018
Land use - permanent crops	2	41	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	1	2018
Revenue from forest resources	36	2 % 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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	56	76	2023
Geography
Area - land	184	964 sq km	N/A
Area - total	187	964 sq km	N/A
Coastline	135	209 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	101	2024 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	136	100 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	59	51	2018
Land use - arable land	99	9	2018
Land use - forest	105	28	2018
Land use - permanent crops	2	41	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	1	2018
Population Density	61	228.60 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	84	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	12	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	38	27.40 births/1,000 population	2023
Child marriage - men married by age 18	27	3	2019
Child marriage - women married by age 15	28	5	N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18	27	28	N/A
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	57	5 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	73	49.70 %	2019
Current health expenditure	67	5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	112	52 %	2023
Death rate	67	6.10 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	130	6.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	41	14.90 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	29	77.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	29	71.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	79	6 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	89	2 % of population	2020
Education expenditures	36	5 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	32	1.69 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	26	39.90 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	28	46.90 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	27	43.50 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	119	69 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	116	66 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	119	67 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	55	91 %	2021
Literacy - male	27	97 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	41	95 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	55	146.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	147	21 years	N/A
Median age - male	145	20 years	N/A
Median age - total	136	20 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	79	19	0809
Net migration rate	106	6.80 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	99	12.40 %	2016
Physicians density	131	0.49 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	183	220372	2023
Population growth rate	60	1.45 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	88	57 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	34	57 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	23	47 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	7	43 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	24	0.99 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.75 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	19	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	40	3.44 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	44	2.96	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	56	76	2023
Transportation
Airports	123	2	2024
Merchant marine - total	122	25	2023
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	116	230 km	2018
Roadways - total	113	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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