NXS-GRX-STP · Middle Africa · Indices

Sao Tome and Principe: twenty domain indices

Fiscal, financial, external, climate, hazard, water, health, food, energy, infrastructure, cyber, governance, conflict, social, demographic, environment, frontier technology, coping capacity, economy and space weather.

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01Domains

Twenty domain indices

Index Value Change Change % 90% interval Class · probability Trend Range
Fiscal and public debt riskNXS-GRX-STP · FIS – – – – –
Financial stability riskNXS-GRX-STP · FIN – – – – –
External dependence riskNXS-GRX-STP · ECO – – – – –
Climate physical hazardNXS-GRX-STP · CLI – – – – –
Climate transition exposureNXS-GRX-STP · CLI – – – – –
Multi-hazard exposureNXS-GRX-STP · HAZ – – – – –
Environmental pressureNXS-GRX-STP · ENV – – – – –
Water security riskNXS-GRX-STP · WAT – – – – –
Space-weather exposureNXS-GRX-STP · SPC – – – – –
Health security riskNXS-GRX-STP · HLT – – – – –
Food insecurity riskNXS-GRX-STP · FOO – – – – –
Socio-economic vulnerabilityNXS-GRX-STP · SOC – – – – –
Displacement pressureNXS-GRX-STP · DEM – – – – –
Conflict riskNXS-GRX-STP · CON – – – – –
Governance weaknessNXS-GRX-STP · GOV – – – – –
Energy security riskNXS-GRX-STP · ENE – – – – –
Infrastructure fragilityNXS-GRX-STP · INF – – – – –
Cyber riskNXS-GRX-STP · CYB – – – – –
Technology concentration riskNXS-GRX-STP · TEC – – – – –
Lack of coping capacityNXS-GRX-STP · CRS – – – – –
02Areas

Profile areas for Sao Tome and Principe

Fourteen areas, one at a time: the latest open figures with their trend and where the country stands among others, the tools to run and download them, and every platform, standard and working group across the Nexus institutions that carries the area.

Open data for Sao Tome and Principe 564 observations from 46 World Bank series · CC BY 4.0 · source and licence on every rowChoose an area. Figures first; the sources, standards and ways to take part follow.

Area 01 · Partly admitted

Macroeconomy and external position

Output, prices, external balance and reserves, monetary conditions and labour, with intervals and the change since the last edition.

Run a scenario
GDP2025
US$ 981.3 million108% since 2020

2010min US$ 190.0 million · max US$ 981.3 million2025
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
GDP per person2025
US$ 4,08488% since 2020

2010min US$ 1,045 · max US$ 4,0842025
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
GDP growth2025
1%1.6 pts since 2020

2010min 0.2% · max 5.2%2025
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Inflation, consumer prices2025
11.1%1.2 pts since 2020

2010min 5.3% · max 21.3%2025
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Current account balance2025
-9.3%of GDP3.3 pts since 2020

2010min -46.7% · max -6.3%2025
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Reserves2024
2.7months of imports7.2% since 2019

2010min 2.2 · max 5.52024
FI.RES.TOTL.MO · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Unemployment2025
9.1%of labour force0.5 pts since 2020

2010min 8.7% · max 14.6%2025
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
4
Under legal review
4
Prohibited
0
Not in the register
1

14 indicators · 2 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Output, prices, external balance and reserves, monetary conditions and labour, with intervals and the change since the last edition. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
14 indicators and 2 composites: Gross domestic product, current US dollars; GDP per capita, PPP (ICP 2021); Real GDP growth; Volatility of real GDP growth (10-year); Consumer price inflation; Food price inflation; and 8 more.
Engines
Growth-at-Risk, macro VAR and local projections in the model registry. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, fao-faostat-cpi, wb-ids, ilo-ilostatunder legal review: imf-weo, imf-cpi, imf-bop, imf-irfclnot in the register: national-cpi
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 02 · Partly admitted

Fiscal position and public debt

Debt path fan charts, gross financing needs, debt service and fiscal stress, with the assumptions published.

Run a scenario
External debt2024
42.8%of GNI24 pts since 2019

2010min 42.8% · max 95.7%2024
DT.DOD.DECT.GN.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
External debt service2024
3.5%of exports8.2 pts since 2019

2010min 2.5% · max 33.7%2024
DT.TDS.DECT.EX.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
7
Under legal review
13
Prohibited
0
Not in the register
8

37 indicators · 7 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Debt path fan charts, gross financing needs, debt service and fiscal stress, with the assumptions published. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
37 indicators and 7 composites: General government overall balance, share of GDP; General government primary balance, share of GDP; General government structural balance, share of potential GDP; Interest-rate-growth differential (r – g); General government revenue, current US dollars; General government revenue, share of GDP; and 31 more.
Engines
Debt fan chart on the SRDSF structure (not an IMF or World Bank DSA), fiscal stress. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, oecd-revenue-statistics, wb-qpsd, oecd-sovereign-borrowing, wb-ids, wb-ppi, wb-country-climate-development-reportsunder legal review: imf-weo, imf-gfs, imf-fiscal-monitor, imf-gdd, imf-dsa, imf-sovereign-investor-base, imf-wb-lic-dsf, imf-public-sector-balance-sheet and 5 morenot in the register: unu-wider-grd, eiti, national-dmo, jpm-embi:licensed, national-bond-yields, cds-vendor:licensed, national-soe-reports, national-fiscal-risk-statements
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 03 · Partly admitted

Financial system

Banking-system capital and liquidity, credit growth, asset prices and contagion on the dependency network.

Run a scenario
Non-performing loans2025
4.8%of loans5.2 pts since 2024

2024min 4.8% · max 10%2025
FB.AST.NPER.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Bank capital to assets2025
16.7%2.3 pts since 2024

2024min 16.7% · max 19%2025
FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Lending interest rate2025
17.7%1.1 pts since 2020

2010min 17.7% · max 28.9%2025
FR.INR.LEND · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
9
Under legal review
4
Prohibited
1
Not in the register
8

32 indicators · 7 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Banking-system capital and liquidity, credit growth, asset prices and contagion on the dependency network. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
32 indicators and 7 composites: Regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets; Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets; Common Equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets; Capital to total assets (leverage); Non-performing loans net of provisions to capital; Non-performing loans to total gross loans; and 26 more.
Engines
VaR and expected shortfall, credit risk, DebtRank contagion. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, bis-credit, bis-credit-gap, wb-findex, bis-rpp, oecd-house-prices, wb-gfdd, oecd-insurance and 1 moreunder legal review: imf-fsi, imf-mfs, imf-ifs, imf-gddprohibited: emdatnot in the register: national-supervisor, national-central-bank, fsb-nbfi-monitoring, swiss-re-sigma:licensed, munich-re-natcat:licensed, eiopa-protection-gap, bcbs-climate-disclosure-2025, national-supervisor-credit-register
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 04 · Partly admitted

Trade, economic structure and supply chains

Trade openness and concentration, commodity dependence and supply-chain exposure by sector.

Run a scenario
Trade2025
46.6%of GDP2.1 pts since 2020

2010min 44.3% · max 114.8%2025
NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Exports2025
13.3%of GDP2.7 pts since 2020

2010min 10.6% · max 33.7%2025
NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Fuel exports2022
0%of merchandise exports0 pts since 2017

2011min 0% · max 0.8%2022
TX.VAL.FUEL.ZS.UN · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Foreign direct investment, net inflows2025
10.5%of GDP0.5 pts since 2020

2010min 1.8% · max 26.6%2025
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
8
Under legal review
6
Prohibited
0
Not in the register
5

18 indicators · 5 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Trade openness and concentration, commodity dependence and supply-chain exposure by sector. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
18 indicators and 5 composites: Trade openness (exports plus imports, share of GDP); International tourism receipts, share of exports; Personal remittances received, share of GDP; Net official development assistance received, share of GNI; Export product concentration (normalised HHI); Export market concentration (normalised HHI); and 12 more.
Engines
Leontief input–output, inoperability, supplier concentration. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, wb-knomad, oecd-dac, unctad-stat, un-comtrade, wb-changing-wealth-of-nations, oecd-tiva, unctad-fdiunder legal review: imf-bop, un-tourism, imf-dots, usgs-mineral-commodity-summaries, unctad-eora, imf-portwatchnot in the register: harvard-growth-lab-atlas:licence-check, oec-world:licence-check, iea-critical-minerals, adb-mrio, ais-vessel-tracking:licensed
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 05 · Partly admitted

Water

Water stress, drought, access and quality, coupled to food, energy and health in the water, energy, food, health and biodiversity nexus.

Run a scenario
Safely managed drinking water2024
36.7%of people1.5 pts since 2019

2010min 30.8% · max 36.7%2024
SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Water stress2022
1.9%of available freshwater0 pts since 2017

2010min 1.5% · max 1.9%2022
ER.H2O.FWST.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Renewable internal freshwater per person2022
9,633 m³8.5% since 2017

2010min 9,633 m³ · max 11,991 m³2022
ER.H2O.INTR.PC · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
3
Under legal review
2
Prohibited
2
Not in the register
4

13 indicators · 5 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Water stress, drought, access and quality, coupled to food, energy and health in the water, energy, food, health and biodiversity nexus. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
13 indicators and 5 composites: Level of water stress; Baseline water stress score (sub-basin); Total renewable freshwater resources per capita; Groundwater storage decline; Water-use efficiency; Population using safely managed drinking water; and 7 more.
Engines
Baseline water stress, SPI drought, water balance, shallow-water flooding. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: fao-aquastat, wb-wdi, nasa-grace-founder legal review: un-sdg-database, wri-aqueduct-4prohibited: who-unicef-jmp, who-un-habitat-wastewaternot in the register: igrac-ggis, national-groundwater-monitoring, unep-gems-water, unece-unesco-sdg652
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 06 · Partly admitted

Energy

Supply security, import dependence, grid reliability, transition exposure and access.

Run a scenario
Access to electricity2024
77.7%of people2.6 pts since 2019

2010min 57.9% · max 81.3%2024
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Renewable energy2022
42.5%of final consumption3.3 pts since 2017

2010min 38.1% · max 42.8%2022
EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Across the Nexus

Energy Nexus · GCRI Data and Compute

Source standing

Admitted
7
Under legal review
5
Prohibited
1
Not in the register
18

23 indicators · 6 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Supply security, import dependence, grid reliability, transition exposure and access. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
23 indicators and 6 composites: Population with access to electricity; Population relying primarily on clean cooking fuels and technologies; Electricity consumption per capita; Renewable share of total final energy consumption; Primary energy intensity of GDP; Electricity generation-mix concentration; and 17 more.
Engines
DC power flow and N-1 screening; an energy-security kernel is still to be built. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, wb-icp, wri-global-power-plant-database, un-comtrade, eurostat-emergency-oil-stocks, wb-enterprise-surveys, wb-b-readyunder legal review: un-energy-statistics-database, imf-bop, us-eia-861, copernicus-era5, usgs-mineral-commodity-summariesprohibited: who-household-energy-databasenot in the register: iea-sdg7-tracking, national-household-surveys, iea-world-energy-balances, irena-renewable-energy-statistics, iea-electricity-information, ember-global-electricity-review, irena-renewable-capacity-statistics, iea-oil-information and 10 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 07 · Partly admitted

Food systems

Availability, access, prices and nutrition, and the drivers from water, energy, trade and conflict.

Run a scenario
Undernourishment2024
23%of people6.5 pts since 2019

2010min 15.6% · max 23%2024
SN.ITK.DEFC.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Cereal yield2024
2,004kg per hectare0.1% since 2019

2010min 1,615 · max 2,1002024
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Stunting, under 52019
11.7%of children5.5 pts since 2014

2014min 11.7% · max 17.2%2019
SH.STA.STNT.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Agriculture, value added2025
12.2%of GDP2 pts since 2020

2010min 11.6% · max 15.3%2025
NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
14
Under legal review
4
Prohibited
0
Not in the register
2

23 indicators · 6 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Availability, access, prices and nutrition, and the drivers from water, energy, trade and conflict. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
23 indicators and 6 composites: Prevalence of undernourishment; Number of people undernourished; Average dietary energy supply adequacy; Per capita food supply variability; Cereal import dependency ratio; Moderate or severe food insecurity (FIES); and 17 more.
Engines
Food energy gap, price anomaly, threshold evidence. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: fao-faostat-fs, fao-sofi, wb-wdi, fao-fies, wb-food-prices-for-nutrition, fao-giews-fpma, fao-faostat-cpi, ilo-ilostat and 6 moreunder legal review: ipc-API, ipc-famine-review-committee, un-national-accounts, noaa-star-vhpnot in the register: cadre-harmonise, fsin-grfc
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 08 · Partly admitted

Health security

Health-system capacity, outbreak preparedness, disease burden and the health effects of other systems.

Run a scenario
Life expectancy2024
69.9 years2.7% since 2019

2010min 63.9 years · max 69.9 years2024
SP.DYN.LE00.IN · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Under-5 mortality2024
13.6per 1,000 births20% since 2019

2010min 13.6 · max 36.22024
SH.DYN.MORT · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Health spending2023
5.8%of GDP0.2 pts since 2018

2010min 5.5% · max 8.9%2023
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Physicians2022
0.46per 1,000 people44% since 2015

2015min 0.32 · max 0.492022
SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
4
Under legal review
2
Prohibited
15
Not in the register
8

31 indicators · 6 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Health-system capacity, outbreak preparedness, disease burden and the health effects of other systems. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
31 indicators and 6 composites: Under-five mortality rate; Neonatal mortality rate; Maternal mortality ratio; Life expectancy at birth; Premature mortality from major non-communicable diseases; Tuberculosis incidence; and 25 more.
Engines
SEIR, Rt estimation, outbreak detection. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, un-wpp, oecd-health, wb-hnp-statsunder legal review: un-igme, un-mmeigprohibited: who-gho, who-ghe, who-global-tb-programme, who-world-malaria-report, who-nhwa, who-wb-financial-protection, who-ghed, who-unicef-wuenic and 7 morenot in the register: unaids, household-surveys, unicef-who-joint-database, map-accessibility-to-healthcare, openstreetmap, africa-cdc-epidemic-intelligence, unicef-who-wb-jme, smart-surveys
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 09 · Partly admitted

Environment and biodiversity

Ecosystem condition, biodiversity pressure, land and ocean change and nature dependence of the economy.

Run a scenario
Forest area2024
57.5%of land0.1 pts since 2019

2010min 57.3% · max 60.4%2024
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Protected areas2025
0.2%of territory0 pts since 2020

2013min 0% · max 0.2%2025
ER.PTD.TOTL.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
PM2.5 air pollution2023
15.1 µg/m³17% since 2018

2010min 12.3 µg/m³ · max 18.7 µg/m³2023
EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3 · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
9
Under legal review
5
Prohibited
1
Not in the register
22

22 indicators · 6 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Ecosystem condition, biodiversity pressure, land and ocean change and nature dependence of the economy. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
22 indicators and 6 composites: PM2.5 exposure, population-weighted mean; Population exposed above the WHO PM2.5 guideline, share; Seasonal peak ozone exposure; Land area; Forest area, share of land area; Annual tree cover loss rate; and 16 more.
Engines
Nature pressure-overlap screening. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-wdi, jrc-ghsl-ghs-pop, fao-faostat-land-use, geoboundaries, fao-fra, fao-fisheries-sofia, wb-what-a-waste, oecd-global-plastics-outlook and 1 moreunder legal review: copernicus-cams, un-sdg-database, copernicus-marine, noaa-oisst, un-habitat-waste-wise-citiesprohibited: who-ambient-air-quality-databasenot in the register: acag-satellite-pm25, state-of-global-air, toar, gfw-umd-tree-cover-loss, unccd-prais, trends-earth, openstreetmap, grip-global-roads and 14 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 10 · Partly admitted

Climate: physical and transition

Chronic and acute physical risk under scenarios, and transition exposure of the economy and the public balance sheet.

Run a scenario
CO₂ emissions per person2024
0.6 t CO₂e16% since 2019

2010min 0.6 t CO₂e · max 0.8 t CO₂e2024
EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Greenhouse gas emissions2024
0.3 Mt CO₂e0% since 2019

2010min 0.2 Mt CO₂e · max 0.3 Mt CO₂e2024
EN.GHG.ALL.MT.CE.AR5 · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
People below 5 m elevation2015
2%of people

2015min 2% · max 2%2015
EN.POP.EL5M.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
10
Under legal review
7
Prohibited
0
Not in the register
24

31 indicators · 8 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Chronic and acute physical risk under scenarios, and transition exposure of the economy and the public balance sheet. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
31 indicators and 8 composites: Surface warming since pre-industrial; Change in annual precipitation; Relative sea-level rise rate; Hottest day of the year (TXx); Share of warm days (TX90p); Change in very hot days (35 °C or more); and 25 more.
Engines
Return-period shift, bias correction, ensembles, sea level, climate-adjusted default risk. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: fao-faostat-temperature-change, wb-cckp, jrc-ghsl-ghs-pop, wb-wdi, wb-changing-wealth-of-nations, un-comtrade, oecd-fossil-fuel-support, ngfs-scenarios and 2 moreunder legal review: copernicus-era5, noaa-globaltemp, copernicus-sea-level, nasa-sea-level-change, nasa-sea-level-projection-tool, imf-fossil-fuel-subsidies, wb-wginot in the register: berkeley-earth, gpcc, cru-ts, psmsl, hadex3, national-met-services, gpcc-full-data-daily, entity-disclosures and 16 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 11 · Partly admitted

Conflict, governance and security

Violence and its spillovers, institutional quality, rule of law and state capacity.

Run a scenario
Intentional homicides2011
3.2per 100,000 people2.1% since 2010

2010min 3.2 · max 3.32011
VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
9
Under legal review
4
Prohibited
1
Not in the register
14

39 indicators · 10 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Violence and its spillovers, institutional quality, rule of law and state capacity. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
39 indicators and 10 composites: Reported fatalities from organised political violence; Conflict fatalities per 100,000 population; Battle-related deaths (UCDP); Political violence events; Armed conflict events; Geographic diffusion of conflict; and 33 more.
Engines
Conflict kernels in the model registry. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: ucdp-ged, ucdp-battle-related-deaths, wb-wdi, oecd-states-of-fragility, wb-fcs-list, wb-cpia, wb-enterprise-surveys, wb-spi and 1 moreunder legal review: acled, wb-wgi, imf-isora, unsd-census-programmeprohibited: who-surveillance-system-attacks-health-carenot in the register: ghsl-pop, unodc-homicide, sipri-milex, iiss-military-balance, insecurity-insight, landmine-monitor, unmas, iep-global-peace-index and 6 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 12 · Partly admitted

Frontier technology and innovation

Frontier technology risk and capacity side by side: AI, compute, semiconductors, quantum, space, biotech, cyber resilience and digital infrastructure, with the innovation index below.

Run a scenario
High-technology exports2023
29.3%of manufactured exports17 pts since 2018

2011min 1.4% · max 68.1%2023
TX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Internet users2024
59.1%of people15 pts since 2019

2010min 18.8% · max 59.1%2024
IT.NET.USER.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Fixed broadband subscriptions2024
3per 100 people288% since 2019

2010min 0.3 · max 32024
IT.NET.BBND.P2 · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Scientific and technical articles2023
5448% since 2018

2010min 0 · max 52023
IP.JRN.ARTC.SC · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
9
Under legal review
5
Prohibited
1
Not in the register
26

27 indicators · 10 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Frontier technology risk and capacity side by side: AI, compute, semiconductors, quantum, space, biotech, cyber resilience and digital infrastructure, with the innovation index below. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
27 indicators and 10 composites: Severe geomagnetic storm days per year; Geoelectric field amplitude at 100-year return period; Strong solar radiation storm days per year; GDP in GNSS-dependent activities, share; Critical services relying on satellites without backup, share; High-voltage grid in high geoelectric hazard zones, share; and 21 more.
Engines
Technology series XT-01 to XT-20; the innovation index is planned. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: first-member-directory, unctad-global-cyberlaw-tracker, oecd-stan, unctad-digital-economy, un-desa-egovernment-survey, oecd-msti, wb-wdi, un-comtrade and 1 moreunder legal review: noaa-swpc, usgs-geoelectric-hazard, osm-power-grid, eu-nis2-incident-reporting, un-national-accounts-main-aggregatesprohibited: who-jee-reportsnot in the register: gfz-kp-index, bgs-geoelectric-models, nexus-gic-model, goes-energetic-particles, nexus-gnss-dependence-model, national-accounts-value-added, euspa-market-report, nexus-expert-assessment and 18 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 13 · Partly admitted

Coping capacity and disaster finance

Preparedness, response and recovery capacity, risk financing and social protection.

Run a scenario
Social protection coverage2017
8.7%of people

2017min 8.7% · max 8.7%2017
per_si_allsi.cov_pop_tot · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
9
Under legal review
1
Prohibited
1
Not in the register
18

18 indicators · 5 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Preparedness, response and recovery capacity, risk financing and social protection. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
18 indicators and 5 composites: National DRR strategy aligned with the Sendai Framework; Local governments with DRR strategies aligned to the national strategy; Multi-hazard early warning system score; Multi-hazard monitoring and forecasting systems; People covered by early warning information; Local governments with a plan to act on early warnings; and 12 more.
Engines
Capability readiness ladder; disaster-finance readiness dossier. Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wmo-early-warnings-for-all-dashboard, wmo-observing-systems-capability-analysis, wb-gfdrr-drfip-country-profiles, wb-projects-database, wb-treasury-cat-bond-issuances, oecd-global-insurance-statistics, worldpop, oecd-crs-drr-marker and 1 moreunder legal review: undrr-sendai-framework-monitorprohibited: emdatnot in the register: mcr2030-resilience-roadmap, itu-cell-broadcast-deployments, national-civil-protection-reports, national-finance-ministry-publications, arc-annual-reports, ccrif-spc-annual-reports, pcric-annual-reports, seadrif-annual-reports and 10 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

Area 14 · Partly admitted

Society, demography and mobility

Human development, inequality, ageing, urbanisation and displacement.

Run a scenario
Population2025
240,25410% since 2020

2010min 181,802 · max 240,2542025
SP.POP.TOTL · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Urban population2025
69.2%of people1.1 pts since 2020

2010min 66.1% · max 69.2%2025
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Poverty at $3.00 a day2017
13%of people5.9 pts since 2010

2010min 13% · max 18.9%2017
SI.POV.DDAY · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
Gini index2017
40.7index 0–1009.9 pts since 2010

2010min 30.8 · max 40.72017
SI.POV.GINI · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0
People aged 65 and over2025
3.9%of people0.1 pts since 2020

2010min 3.6% · max 3.9%2025
SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS · World Bank WDI · CC BY 4.0

Source standing

Admitted
11
Under legal review
1
Prohibited
0
Not in the register
12

46 indicators · 11 composites

Indicators, engines and sources
Appears here
Human development, inequality, ageing, urbanisation and displacement. For Sao Tome and Principe, with intervals and class probabilities, when the edition releases it.
Indicators
46 indicators and 11 composites: Extreme poverty headcount, USD 3.00 a day (2021 PPP); Poverty headcount, USD 4.20 a day (2021 PPP); Poverty headcount, USD 8.30 a day (2021 PPP); Poverty headcount at the national poverty line; Multidimensional poverty headcount (global MPI); Gini index; and 40 more.
Engines
Social and demographic composites (Indicator Standard). Kernels are reference-tested in the Foundry and not yet independently validated.
Sources
admitted: wb-pip, wb-wdi, wb-learning-poverty, ilo-ilostat, ilo-world-social-protection-database, wb-aspire, un-wpp, worldpop and 3 moreunder legal review: un-habitat-urban-indicatorsnot in the register: national-statistical-offices, undp-ophi-global-mpi, undp-hdr, unesco-uis, barro-lee, ipu-parline, unicef-mics, national-census and 4 more
Status
Some sources are admitted; the others wait for legal review or stay excluded, and the area publishes on what is admitted.

03Innovation

The innovation index (planned)

Capacity, not only risk: research, patents, talent, compute, digital infrastructure and capital for Sao Tome and Principe. These indicators are not in Indicator Standard yet; each needs its source admitted before it appears.

R&D expenditure, share of GDP
unesco-uis · not in the register
Researchers per million people
unesco-uis · not in the register
Patent applications by residents
wipo · not in the register
High-technology exports, share of manufactured exports
un-comtrade · admitted
Fixed and mobile broadband subscriptions
itu · not in the register
Data-centre and compute capacity
national-registers · not in the register
Venture capital investment, share of GDP
oecd · admitted
AI adoption in firms and government
oecd · admitted
STEM graduates, share of graduates
unesco-uis · not in the register
E-government development
un · under legal review
Scientific publications and citations
openalex · under legal review
Critical-minerals processing capacity
national-registers · not in the register


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