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Country profile
Sao Tome and Principe
STP · Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income
Not availableMERI readinessAwaiting score
-Global rankCoverage 0%
Key macro indicators
MERI breakdown
- Percentile Not available
- Coverage 0%
- Imputed 0
- Missing 0
| Pillar | Score |
|---|
MERI pillar detail pending
Pillar and component scores appear when the country has persisted MERI sub-score metadata.
Governance signals
Control of Corruption
0.2
Corruption Perceptions Index
45
Government Effectiveness
-0.7
Political Stability
0.5
Regulatory Quality
-0.9
Rule of Law
-0.4
Voice and Accountability
0.2
| Indicator | Category | Year | Value | Source | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic credit to private sector | finance | 2023 | 7.8 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| General government net lending/borrowing | fiscal | 2028 | 2.9 | IMF_WEO | IMF Terms of Use |
| Control of Corruption | governance | 2024 | 0.2 | WGI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | governance | 2025 | 45 | TI_CPI | Transparency International Terms |
| Government Effectiveness | governance | 2024 | -0.7 | WGI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Political Stability | governance | 2024 | 0.5 | WGI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Regulatory Quality | governance | 2024 | -0.9 | WGI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Rule of Law | governance | 2024 | -0.4 | WGI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Voice and Accountability | governance | 2024 | 0.2 | WGI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Access to electricity (%) | infra | 2023 | 81.3 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Fixed broadband subscriptions | infra | 2024 | 3 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Liner shipping connectivity index | infra | 2021 | 4.9 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Logistics Performance Index | infra | 2018 | 2.7 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Mobile cellular subscriptions | infra | 2024 | 62.4 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Container import dwell time, IQR | logistics | 2024 | 13 | LPI2 | Modified BSD3 |
| Container import dwell time, mean | logistics | 2024 | 13.1 | LPI2 | Modified BSD3 |
| Container import dwell time, median | logistics | 2024 | 10 | LPI2 | Modified BSD3 |
| Import supply chain termination, mean | logistics | 2023 | 3.6 | LPI2 | Modified BSD3 |
| Import supply chain termination, median | logistics | 2023 | 1 | LPI2 | Modified BSD3 |
| Lead time to import, mean | logistics | 2024 | 80.4 | LPI2 | Modified BSD3 |
| Lead time to import, median | logistics | 2024 | 80.4 | LPI2 | Modified BSD3 |
| Number of transshipments, mean | logistics | 2024 | 2.6 | LPI2 | Modified BSD3 |
| Time spent in transshipment, mean | logistics | 2024 | 33.1 | LPI2 | Modified BSD3 |
| Current account balance | macro | 2028 | -4.5 | IMF_WEO | IMF Terms of Use |
| Current account balance (% of GDP) | macro | 2024 | 5 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| GDP (current USD) | macro | 2024 | 822,154,621.1 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| GDP growth (annual %) | macro | 2024 | 1.1 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| GDP per capita (current USD) | macro | 2024 | 3,490.6 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) | macro | 2024 | 14.4 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Inflation rate | macro | 2028 | 5.9 | IMF_WEO | IMF Terms of Use |
| Official exchange rate | macro | 2024 | 22.6 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Real GDP growth | macro | 2028 | 3.3 | IMF_WEO | IMF Terms of Use |
| Total reserves (months of imports) | macro | 2024 | 3.5 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Unemployment (% of labor force) | macro | 2025 | 9.1 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Demographic and Urbanization Momentum | meri_opportunity | 2024 | 60.8 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| GDP Growth Trajectory | meri_opportunity | 2028 | 9.7 | IMF_WEO | IMF Terms of Use |
| Import Demand | meri_opportunity | 2024 | 23.2 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| ATMs per 100,000 adults | meri_readiness | 2024 | 30.7 | IMF_FAS | IMF Terms of Use |
| Basic Digital Infrastructure | meri_readiness | 2024 | 4.9 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults | meri_readiness | 2024 | 13 | IMF_FAS | IMF Terms of Use |
| Corruption Risk | meri_readiness | 2025 | 45 | TI_CPI | Transparency International Terms |
| Financial System Accessibility | meri_readiness | 2024 | 9.7 | IMF_FAS | IMF Terms of Use |
| HDI Education sub-index | meri_readiness | 2023 | 0.6 | UNDP_HDI | UNDP Terms |
| Hiring and Workforce Availability | meri_readiness | 2025 | 0 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Human Capital Quality | meri_readiness | 2025 | 55.7 | UNDP_HDI | UNDP Terms |
| Intellectual Property Protection | meri_readiness | 2024 | 40.2 | WGI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Logistics Performance | meri_readiness | 2025 | 5.2 | LPI2 | Modified BSD3 |
| Personal Security and Rule of Law | meri_readiness | 2024 | 40.2 | WGI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Trade Openness | meri_readiness | 2019 | 75 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Inflation Stability | meri_risk | 2028 | 68.8 | IMF_WEO | IMF Terms of Use |
| Adult literacy rate | social | 2019 | 87.4 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Age dependency ratio | social | 2024 | 71.6 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Labor force participation rate | social | 2025 | 23.3 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Life expectancy at birth | social | 2024 | 69.9 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Population growth (annual %) | social | 2024 | 2 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Population, total | social | 2024 | 235,536 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Urban population (% of total) | social | 2024 | 68.9 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| FDI net inflows (% of GDP) | trade | 2024 | -2 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| High-technology exports (% of manufactured) | trade | 2023 | 29.3 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Merchandise exports (current USD) | trade | 2024 | 29,000,000 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Merchandise imports (current USD) | trade | 2024 | 153,000,000 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |
| Tariff rate, applied, simple mean | trade | 2019 | 10 | WDI | CC BY 4.0 |