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IndicatorSTPSao Tome and PrincipeSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.89rank #27
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile51.6rank #78
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.42rank #64
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.45rank #59
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.79rank #56
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile37.4rank #156
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.89rank #27
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.39rank #61
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile74.2rank #73
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile40.8rank #169
Rule of Law0-100 percentile50.9rank #121
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.74rank #55
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.63rank #55
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.52rank #57
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile59.7rank #88
Women in parliament% seats14.5%rank #137
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.84rank #40
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment12.1%rank #99
Agriculture value added% GDP12.2%rank #49
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker54,342.5rank #130
Current account balance% GDP5%rank #30
Employment-to-population ratio%21.2%rank #182
External debt stocks% GNI42.7%rank #54
FDI net inflows% GDP-2%rank #184
GDPcurrent US$981.29Mrank #178
GDP growth%1%rank #158
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$4,084.4rank #127
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $5,459.2rank #146
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $5,583.4rank #147
Gross capital formation% GDP8.7%rank #127
Gross savings% GDP9%rank #137
High-technology exports% manuf. exports29.3%rank #14
Industry value added% GDP2.2%rank #158
Inflation%11%rank #150
Labour force participation rate%23.3%rank #181
Personal remittances received% GDP9.7%rank #25
Trade openness% GDP46.6%rank #109
Unemployment% labor force9.1%rank #142
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%9%rank #140
Vulnerable employment% employment35%rank #108
Youth unemployment% ages 15-248.8%rank #57
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-248.9%rank #62
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop78%rank #140
Basic sanitation access% pop48.7%rank #143
Child mortalityper 1001.4rank #62
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,279.3rank #162
DTP3 immunization coverage%87%rank #13
Health spending% GDP5.8%rank #108
Infant mortalityper 1k births9.2rank #47
Life expectancyyears69.9rank #155
Maternal mortalityper 100k75rank #50
Measles immunization% children87%rank #13
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%87%rank #13
Physiciansper 1k0.46rank #82
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m315.1rank #83
Road traffic deathsper 100k27.9rank #111
Smoking prevalence% adults8.3%rank #16
Suicide mortality rateper 100k0.86rank #7
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k87rank #90
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births13.6rank #95
Undernourishment% pop17.4%rank #54
Education
Adult literacy%87.4%rank #38
Education spending% GDP5%rank #28
Expected years of schoolingyears12.9rank #118
Mean years of schoolingyears6rank #154
Primary completion rate% relevant age85.1%rank #105
Primary enrollment% gross110.4%rank #21
Secondary enrollment% gross90.4%rank #80
Tertiary enrollment% gross12.8%rank #122
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00028.1rank #38
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.6rank #39
Median age of populationyears19.1rank #184
Net migration rateper 1,000-2.6rank #163
Populationpeople240,254rank #181
Population growth%2%rank #51
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years74.2rank #151
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands365.1rank #179
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age72.9rank #40
Urban population%69.2%rank #83
Climate
CO₂ emissionst141,779rank #201
CO₂ per capitat0.6rank #165
Electricity access% pop77.7%rank #40
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation11.1%rank #95
Electricity from solar% generation0%rank #153
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #105
Forest area% land52.1%rank #47
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita0.82rank #11
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh555.6rank #119
Renewable electricity%11.1%rank #136
Renewable energy share%42.5%rank #21
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e0.19rank #11
Society
Asylum seekerspeople20rank #8
Extreme poverty% pop13%rank #37
Female labor participation%22.7%rank #170
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1003rank #119
Gender Development Indexratio0.98rank #43
Gender Inequality Index0-10.49rank #115
Gini indexindex40.7rank #54
Homicide rateper 100k3.2rank #75
Human Development Index0-10.64rank #110
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.48rank #98
Internet users% pop59.1%rank #135
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #134
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.05rank #100
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.21rank #133
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.58rank #157
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people8rank #3
Youth NEET rate%50.8%rank #181
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-100.7rank #2
Human hazard & exposure0-100rank #1
INFORM risk score0-102.5rank #14
Lack of coping capacity0-105.4rank #45
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-104.4rank #40
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-106.2rank #41
Natural hazard & exposure0-101.4rank #3
Socio-economic vulnerability0-105.8rank #55
Vulnerability0-103.9rank #28
Vulnerable groups0-101.2rank #9
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