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 2005

Human development rose from 0.535 in 2005 to 0.637 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 19 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 69.9 years2024at birthUp 7.5 years from 62.4 years in 2005
Internet users: 59%2024of people onlineUp 45 points from 14% in 2006
Urban population: 69%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 8 points from 61% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.602024births per womanDown 1.34 from 4.94 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 43%2022of energy usedDown 6 points from 49% in 2004
Access to electricity: 78%2024of people with electricityUp 22 points from 56% in 2005
Infant mortality: 92024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 26 from 35 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.6 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.1 t from 0.6 t in 2005
Forest area: 52%2023of land under forestDown 9 points from 61% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each 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	—	60.7	—	—	5.83	50.9	—	66	0.3	61.1	—	—
1991	—	60.8	—	44.8	5.77	50.9	—	66	0.4	61.0	—	—
1992	—	60.7	—	45.8	5.70	54.2	—	66	0.3	61.0	—	—
1993	—	60.6	—	46.7	5.64	54.5	—	66	0.3	61.0	—	—
1994	—	60.5	—	47.6	5.56	53.4	—	65	0.4	61.0	—	—
1995	—	60.5	—	48.5	5.55	53.9	—	64	0.4	60.9	—	—
1996	—	60.6	—	49.4	5.47	55.6	—	62	0.4	60.9	—	—
1997	—	60.6	—	50.2	5.40	56.1	—	60	0.4	60.9	—	—
1998	—	60.8	0.3	51.1	5.30	55.1	—	57	0.4	60.9	—	—
1999	—	61.0	0.4	52.0	5.23	56.7	—	54	0.4	60.8	—	—
2000	—	61.2	4.6	53.0	5.16	54.7	53	51	0.4	60.8	—	—
2001	—	61.5	6.3	54.0	5.10	55.5	52	47	0.4	60.8	—	—
2002	—	61.8	7.6	55.1	5.06	55.3	53	44	0.4	60.7	—	—
2003	—	62.2	10.2	56.4	5.01	51.8	54	41	0.5	60.7	—	—
2004	—	62.6	13.3	57.9	4.96	48.9	55	38	0.5	60.7	—	—
2005	0.535	62.4	13.8	59.4	4.94	47.9	56	35	0.6	60.7	—	—
2006	0.546	63.0	14.2	61.0	4.93	47.3	57	32	0.6	60.6	862	2551
2007	0.552	63.3	14.6	62.5	4.96	47.7	58	30	0.6	60.6	879	2650
2008	0.557	63.5	15.5	63.9	4.91	46.0	59	27	0.6	60.6	1082	2802
2009	0.561	63.7	16.4	65.1	4.84	45.4	57	25	0.6	60.5	1128	2846
2010	0.564	63.9	18.8	66.1	4.77	38.2	61	23	0.7	60.5	1045	2859
2011	0.569	64.1	20.2	66.7	4.72	42.4	63	21	0.7	59.9	1220	2914
2012	0.574	64.5	21.6	67.0	4.66	40.1	58	20	0.7	59.2	1211	2695
2013	0.585	64.9	23.0	67.1	4.58	42.8	65	18	0.7	58.6	1383	2946
2014	0.596	65.5	24.4	67.3	4.49	38.4	69	17	0.7	57.9	1490	3233
2015	0.608	66.0	25.8	67.4	4.35	39.2	67	15	0.7	57.3	1298	3172
2016	0.613	66.6	28.0	67.5	4.20	38.1	69	14	0.7	56.6	1435	3320
2017	0.617	67.1	32.6	67.7	4.07	39.2	74	13	0.7	56.0	1556	3436
2018	0.621	67.6	38.0	67.8	3.98	40.6	71	12	0.7	55.4	1826	3941
2019	0.625	68.0	44.3	67.9	3.90	38.6	75	11	0.8	54.7	1935	4655
2020	0.628	68.0	51.5	68.0	3.83	41.6	77	11	0.7	54.1	2167	5145
2021	0.631	68.0	55.0	68.2	3.76	40.8	79	10	0.7	53.4	2363	5733
2022	0.636	69.2	58.6	68.4	3.70	42.5	78	10	0.6	52.8	2390	6033
2023	0.637	69.7	58.7	68.6	3.64	—	81	10	0.6	52.1	2991	6155
2024	—	69.9	59.1	68.9	3.60	—	78	9	0.6	—	3503	6274
2025	—	—	—	69.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	4084	6388
On the profile	0.637	69.9	59.1	69.2	3.60	42.5	—	—	0.6	52.1	4084	6388

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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