São Tomé and Príncipe, year by year

Every index this site holds for São Tomé and Príncipe, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.480 → 0.613 (+0.133)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth62.4 → 69.9 (+7.5)

Internet users14 → 59 (+45)

Urban population61 → 69 (+8)

Births per woman4.94 → 3.60 (-1.34)

Renewable share of energy49 → 43 (-6)

Access to electricity56 → 78 (+22)

Infant mortality35 → 9 (-26)

CO2 emissions per person0.6 → 0.6 (+0.1)

Forest area61 → 52 (-9)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.480	60.7	—	—	5.83	51	—	66	0.3	61.1	—	—
1991	0.480	60.8	—	45	5.77	51	—	66	0.4	61.0	—	—
1992	0.481	60.7	—	46	5.70	54	—	66	0.3	61.0	—	—
1993	0.481	60.6	—	47	5.64	55	—	66	0.3	61.0	—	—
1994	0.483	60.5	—	48	5.56	53	—	65	0.4	61.0	—	—
1995	0.484	60.5	—	49	5.55	54	—	64	0.4	60.9	—	—
1996	0.487	60.6	—	49	5.47	56	—	62	0.4	60.9	—	—
1997	0.488	60.6	—	50	5.40	56	—	60	0.4	60.9	—	—
1998	0.490	60.8	0	51	5.30	55	—	57	0.4	60.9	—	—
1999	0.495	61.0	0	52	5.23	57	—	54	0.4	60.8	—	—
2000	0.498	61.2	5	53	5.16	55	53	51	0.4	60.8	—	—
2001	0.504	61.5	6	54	5.10	56	52	47	0.4	60.8	—	—
2002	0.508	61.8	8	55	5.06	55	53	44	0.4	60.7	—	—
2003	0.516	62.2	10	56	5.01	52	54	41	0.5	60.7	—	—
2004	0.522	62.6	13	58	4.96	49	55	38	0.5	60.7	—	—
2005	0.529	62.4	14	59	4.94	48	56	35	0.6	60.7	—	—
2006	0.539	63.0	14	61	4.93	47	57	32	0.6	60.6	862	2551
2007	0.543	63.3	15	62	4.96	48	58	30	0.6	60.6	879	2650
2008	0.544	63.5	15	64	4.91	46	59	27	0.6	60.6	1082	2802
2009	0.550	63.7	16	65	4.84	45	57	25	0.6	60.5	1128	2846
2010	0.553	63.9	19	66	4.77	38	61	23	0.7	60.5	1045	2859
2011	0.556	64.1	20	67	4.72	42	63	21	0.7	59.9	1220	2914
2012	0.562	64.5	22	67	4.66	40	58	20	0.7	59.2	1211	2695
2013	0.573	64.9	23	67	4.58	43	65	18	0.7	58.6	1383	2946
2014	0.584	65.5	24	67	4.49	38	69	17	0.7	57.9	1490	3233
2015	0.595	66.0	26	67	4.35	39	67	15	0.7	57.3	1298	3172
2016	0.599	66.6	28	68	4.20	38	69	14	0.7	56.6	1435	3320
2017	0.604	67.1	33	68	4.07	39	74	13	0.7	56.0	1556	3436
2018	0.607	67.6	38	68	3.98	41	71	12	0.7	55.4	1826	3941
2019	0.608	68.0	44	68	3.90	39	75	11	0.8	54.7	1935	4655
2020	0.609	68.0	52	68	3.83	42	77	11	0.7	54.1	2167	5145
2021	0.609	68.0	55	68	3.76	41	79	10	0.7	53.4	2363	5733
2022	0.613	69.2	59	68	3.70	43	78	10	0.6	52.8	2390	6033
2023	—	69.7	59	69	3.64	—	81	10	0.6	52.1	2991	6155
2024	—	69.9	59	69	3.60	—	78	9	0.6	—	3503	6274
2025	—	—	—	69	—	—	—	—	—	—	4084	6388
Profile shows	0.613	69.9	59	69	3.60	43	—	—	0.6	52.1	4084	6388

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

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