Sao Tome and Principe GDP Data & Country Report

Sao Tome and Principe Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Sao Tome and Principe; country and population overview

DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION

Central bank

N/A

International Reserves

N/A

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

US$ 215 million (2006 estimate)

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

330 million of International dollars (2006 estimate)

Real GDP growth

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
0.4%	3.1%	11.6%	5.4%	6.6%	5.7%	6.7%	6%
2008	2009	2010	2011*
5.8%	4%	4.5%	5%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

US$ 1,282 (2006 estimate)

GDP per capita - PPP

$1,964 International Dollars (2006 estimate)

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

1980	1990	2000	2010	2015**
0%	N/A	N/A	N/A	0%

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 14.6%
industry: 23.8%
services: 61.7% (2011 estimate)

(Data released on February 2012)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation

2008	2009	2010	2011*
26.1%(2008)	17%	14.4%	10.6%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate

2008	2009	2010	2011*
13.3%	12.9%	12.5%(2009)	12%

*Estimate

Household saving rates

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010	2011*
104.1%	63.8%	35%	78.1%	89%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010*	2011**
121.6%	14.9%	-19.1%	-14.6%	3.8%

*Estimate **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's rating: N/A

Moody's outlook: N/A

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares

2007	2008	2009
N/A	N/A	N/A

Largest companies in Sao Tome and Principe

N/A

DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS

Current account balance

US$ -0.1 billion (2009 estimate)(After 2008)

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

-44.7% of GDP (2006 estimate)(2009)

Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

N/A

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services export

0%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exports

US$13 million f.o.b. (2010 estimate)

Export commodities

cocoa 80%, copra, coffee, palm oil

Total imports

US$91 million f.o.b. (2008 estimate)

Import commodities

machinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products

Exports - major partners

Netherlands 23.7%, Belgium 23.7%, France 12.9%, US 5.9%, Portugal 4.1% (2007)

Imports - major partners

Portugal 62.2%, US 11.6%, Gabon 4.5% (2007)

FDI inflows

2008	2009	2010
US$33 million	US$14 million(2009)	US$3 million(2009)

FDI outflows

2008	2009	2010
US$7 million	US$4 million	US$5 million

Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser

2008	2009	2010	2011
N/A	N/A(2009)	N/A(2009)	N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 178 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 177 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 161 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 135 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 176 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 154 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 92 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 179 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)

N/A

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

Ranking: 150 Score: 49.5 (Repressed) (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW

Time zone

UTC 0

Total area

964 km² (2006)

Capital

Sao Tome (2009)

Currency

dobras (STD) (2009)

Government type

republic (2009)

Languages

Portuguese (official)

Religions

Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4% (2001 census)

Total population

1980	1990	2000	2010*	2015**
0.09 million	0.12 million	0.14 million	0.17 million	0.18 million

*Estimate **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population

1960	1980	2000	2009
16.1%	33.5%	53.4%	61.4%

Population median age

19.0 years (2006)

Population growth rate

1.6% (2009)

Life expectancy

65 years (2007)

Adult literacy

88% (2000/2007)

% of population living on less than $2 a day

55.94% (2011)

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

50.8 (2001)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:2
Civil Liberties:2 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

66.6% (2010)

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

18.75% (Data were released in 2011 and refer to 2010)

Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

N/A

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

0.7991 (2008)

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