São Tomé and Príncipe
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
- Region
- Africa · Middle Africa
- Capital
- São Tomé
- Population
- 240,254 (2025)
- Government
- semi-presidential republic
- Currency
- São Tomé and Príncipe dobra (STN)
- Official languages
- Portuguese
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese 98.4% (official), Forro 36.2%, Cabo Verdian 8.5%, French 6.8%, Angolar 6.6%, English 4.9%, Lunguie 1%
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 964 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, IMF, WCO, WTO (observer)
Political stability
74 / 100
Economic stability
30 / 100
Population stability
38 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- crude petroleum, cocoa beans, vehicle parts/accessories, palm oil, aircraft parts (2023)
- Key imports
- ships, refined petroleum, rice, electric generating sets, cars (2023)
- Natural resources
- fish, hydropower
- Primary route
- Gulf of Guinea and Congo-basin gateways to Europe
- Secondary route
- Cape-routed services to Asia
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.