Economy · Nominal GDP · São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe’s nominal GDP rose to $0.98bn in 2025.
$0.98bn
2025
Up $0.16bn from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
$0.98bn
What it is. Nominal GDP adds up the value of everything produced in São Tomé and Príncipe in a year and states it in current US dollars. Because it is converted at that year's prices and exchange rates, it moves with inflation and with the dollar value of the local currency as well as with real output. It says nothing about how the income is shared or what is produced outside the market economy.
Higher is better. A larger economy in dollar terms means more income to spend, save and tax, so higher is better for this measure. The latest figure, for 2025, is $0.98bn, up from $0.82bn a year earlier, a rise of 18.9%. That is the highest level since 2016, when the figure was $0.29bn, the lowest in the window.
Why it matters. At $0.98bn, the economy is small, so a single cocoa harvest, a donor-funded project or a change in tourism can shift the total noticeably. A larger dollar economy gives the state more room to collect revenue and service external debt, and it raises the average income that households share. Prices for imported fuel and food are set in dollar terms, so growth in the dollar figure matters most to people when wages and prices keep pace with it.
| Period | Nominal GDP · São Tomé and Príncipe |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $0.29bn |
| 2017 | $0.32bn |
| 2018 | $0.38bn |
| 2019 | $0.41bn |
| 2020 | $0.47bn |
| 2021 | $0.52bn |
| 2022 | $0.54bn |
| 2023 | $0.69bn |
| 2024 | $0.82bn |
| 2025 | $0.98bn |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Nominal GDP, São Tomé and Príncipe, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/nominal-gdp/sao-tome-and-principe
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Gross domestic product at current US dollars. Unit: USD bn.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series NY.GDP.MKTP.CD), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.