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The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Sao Tome and Principe's gdp annual growth rate stands at 1.03% as of 2025-12-31, down from 1.48% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1971 to 2025 (55 observations).
In 2025, Sao Tome and Principe's gdp annual growth rate was 1.03%, down from 1.48% in 2024.
In 2024, Sao Tome and Principe's gdp annual growth rate was 1.48%, up from 0.3723% in 2023.
In 2023, Sao Tome and Principe's gdp annual growth rate was 0.3723%, up from 0.1687% in 2022.
In 2022, Sao Tome and Principe's gdp annual growth rate was 0.1687%, down from 1.9% in 2021.
In 2021, Sao Tome and Principe's gdp annual growth rate was 1.9%, down from 2.62% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.03% | -0.4504% |
| 2024 | 1.48% | +1.11% |
| 2023 | 0.3723% | +0.2036% |
| 2022 | 0.1687% | -1.73% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | -0.7256% |
| 2020 | 2.62% | +0.6105% |
| 2019 | 2.01% | -2.36% |
| 2018 | 4.38% | +0.2651% |
| 2017 | 4.11% | -1.06% |
| 2016 | 5.18% | +3.64% |
| 2015 | 1.54% | -3.37% |
| 2014 | 4.91% | -0.2135% |
| 2013 | 5.12% | +2.18% |
| 2012 | 2.94% | +0.9435% |
| 2011 | 2% | +0.551% |
| 2010 | 1.45% | -1.85% |
| 2009 | 3.3% | -2.93% |
| 2008 | 6.23% | +2.59% |
| 2007 | 3.64% | -5.22% |
| 2006 | 8.87% | +2.25% |
| 2005 | 6.61% | +3.08% |
| 2004 | 3.54% | -4.75% |
| 2003 | 8.29% | +4.93% |
| 2002 | 3.36% | +0.2957% |
| 2001 | 3.06% | +2.62% |
| 2000 | 0.4484% | -2.05% |
| 1999 | 2.5% | +0% |
| 1998 | 2.5% | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.9963% | -0.5037% |
| 1996 | 1.5% | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 2% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 2.2% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 1.1% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.7% | -0.501% |
| 1991 | 1.2% | +3.35% |
| 1990 | -2.15% | -5.29% |
| 1989 | 3.14% | +1.14% |
| 1988 | 2% | +4.93% |
| 1987 | -2.93% | +2.9% |
| 1986 | -5.83% | -15.13% |
| 1985 | 9.3% | +15.33% |
| 1984 | -6.03% | -2.16% |
| 1983 | -3.87% | -6.97% |
| 1982 | 3.09% | +13.41% |
| 1981 | -10.31% | -9.23% |
| 1980 | -1.08% | -17.42% |
| 1979 | 16.34% | +13.45% |
| 1978 | 2.9% | -20.52% |
| 1977 | 23.42% | +21.78% |
| 1976 | 1.64% | -3.74% |
| 1975 | 5.38% | -0.3057% |
| 1974 | 5.68% | +4.09% |
| 1973 | 1.59% | -0.6987% |
| 1972 | 2.29% | -3.08% |
| 1971 | 5.38% | — |
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Sao Tome and Principe's gdp annual growth rate is 1.03% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 1.48% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 23.42% (1977); the lowest is -10.31% (1981), across data from 1971 to 2025.
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