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* Data from the 2021 triennial review
São Tomé and Príncipe Country Profile in PDF
LDC status
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Inclusion: 1982 |
Graduation: Scheduled to graduate in 2024 |
Reports and resolutions
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Inclusion |
| CDP reports: 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982 | |
| ECOSOC resolutions: E/1980/161, E/1982/41, E/1982/106 | |
| GA resolutions: A/RES/35/106, A/RES/37/133 | |
Graduation |
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| CDP reports: 2015, 2018 | |
| ECOSOC resolution: E/RES/2018/27 | |
| GA resolution: A/RES/73/133 | |
| Impact assessment: 2018 | |
| Vulnerability profile: 2018 | |
| Country statement: 2018 CDP EGM | |
| Monitoring reports: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
Gross national income (GNI) per capita*
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Value: |
$ 1,843 |
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Thresholds |
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| Inclusion: | $ 1,018 | |||||
| Graduation: | $ 1,222 | |||||
| Income-only graduation: | $ 2,444 | |||||
Human assets index (HAI)*
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Index: |
89.4 |
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Thresholds |
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| Inclusion: | 60 or below | |||||
| Graduation: | 66 or above | |||||
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HAI indicators |
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Under-five mortality rate |
Gross secondary school enrolment ratio |
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Value: | 29.8 |  |
Value: | 89.3 | |
| Index: | 88.0 | Index: | 88.2 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Prevalence of stunting |
Adult literacy rate |
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Value: | 12.4 |  |
Value: | 92.8 | |
| Index: | 80.3 | Index: | 90.4 | |||
| Source: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Maternal Mortality Rate |
Gender parity index for gross secondary school enrolment |
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Value: | 130 |  |
Value: | 1.16 | |
| Index: | 89.5 | Index: | 100.0 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Maternal Mortality | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*
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Index: |
25.8 |
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Thresholds |
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| Inclusion: | 36 or above | |||||
| Graduation: | 32 or below | |||||
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EVI indicators |
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Share of agriculture, forestry and fishing in GDP |
Share of population in low elevated coastal zones |
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Value: | 11.6 |  |
Value: | 2.0 | |
| Index: | 18.0 | Index: | 5.8 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | CIESIN | |||
Remoteness and landlockedness |
Share of population living in drylands |
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Value: | 52.6 |  |
Value: | 0.0 | |
| Index: | 53.2 | Index: | 0.0 | |||
| Source: | CDP | Source: | CDP | |||
Merchandise export concentration |
Instability of agricultural production |
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Value: | 0.61 |  |
Value: | 10.4 | |
| Index: | 60.4 | Index: | 47.9 | |||
| Source: | UNCTAD | Source: | FAO | |||
Instability of exports of goods and services |
Victims of disasters |
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Value: | 10.6 |  |
Value: | 0.0 | |
| Index: | 21.1 | Index: | 0.0 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | EM-DAT | |||