
Trade Finance In Wartime
The huge drop-off in trade involving Russia and Ukraine has hit trade finance hard.
Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Sao Tome and Principe economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Sao Tome and Principe best banks and safest banks are also available.
USD 0.04 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
3.3% | 8.2% | 2.4% | 6.7% | 4.4% | 3.1% | 4.8% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
6.6% | 3.8% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 3% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.0% | 0.0% | N/A | 0.0% | 0.001% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
5.2% | 5.4% | 5.7% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018 | 2019 |
13.7% | 13.5% | 13.0% | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
85.8% | 95.3% | 91.7% | 74.5% | 77.2% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-6.3% | -4.2% | -2.7% | -1.9% | -1.7% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-10.9 % (2018 estimate)
N/A
0.0001% (2018)
0.001% (2018)
Cocoa 68%, copra, coffee, palm oil (2010 est.)
Machinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products
Guyana 43.7%, Germany 23.6%, Portugal 6%, Netherlands 5.5%, Poland 4.4% (2017)
Portugal 54.7%, Angola 16.5%, China 5.6% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 22 million | USD 41 million | USD 17 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 0.9 million | USD 3.9 million | USD 2.7 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
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N/A
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
170 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 150 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 111 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 130 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 172 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 165 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 179 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 137 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 124 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 185 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 168 out of 190 countries
Ranking: 134 / Score: 54 (Mostly unfree)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Portuguese 98.4% (official), Forro 36.2%, Cabo Verdian 8.5%, French 6.8%, Angolar 6.6%, English 4.9%, Lunguie 1%, other (including sign language) 2.4% (2012 est.)
Catholic 55.7%, Adventist 4.1%, Assembly of God 3.4%, New Apostolic 2.9%, Mana 2.3%, Universal Kingdom of God 2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 6.2%, none 21.2%, unspecified 1% (2012 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015* | 2020* |
0.11 million | 0.14 million | 0.18 million | 0.2 million | 0.23 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
16.1% | 33.5% | 53.4% | 72.8% |
Total population: 74.9%
Male: 81.8%
Female: 68.4%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
70.1% (last available estimate, 2010)
30.8 (last available estimate, 2010)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Free
Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 2 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 2.5% Mobile: 77.1% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)