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Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe: 43 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 240 254World Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 37.5%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 58.6%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 3.9%World Bank2025 Female share of population 50.3%World Bank2025 Urban population 69.2%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 3.6World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 85.2World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 69.9yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 9.2‰World Bank2024 Net migration -650World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 87.4%World Bank2019 Secondary school enrolment 90.4%World Bank2017 Tertiary enrolment 12.8%World Bank2015 Education spending 5.0%World Bank2023

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $6 388$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $6 920$World Bank2025 Gini index 40.7World Bank2017 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 13.0%World Bank2017 Income share held by richest 10% 32.8%World Bank2017

Health

Suicide rate 0.9per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 5.8%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 59.1%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 62.4per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 77.7%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 0.6tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey26.4%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey35.0%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey31.5%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey22.8%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey27.0%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 14.5%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey57.8%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey28.5%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey15.3%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 9.1%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 8.8%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 22.7%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 24.0%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 44.0%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 3.2per 100kWorld Bank2011 Feels safe walking alone at night survey73.0%Afrobarometer2022

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey46.9%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Nicaragua81%
  2. Ecuador76%
  3. Bolivia72%
  4. Romania71%
  5. Slovak Republic71%
  6. Kenya71%

Distance is computed on 9 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.