# GDP per capita growth in São Tomé and Príncipe

GDP per capita growth in São Tomé and Príncipe was -0.96% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `gdp_per_capita_growth`
- Place id: `st`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Annual percentage change in real GDP per person, from GDP at constant 2015 US dollars divided by mid-year population. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.
- Note: Below gdp_growth when the population grows, above it when the population shrinks. Wars and oil shocks move it by tens of points in a year.
- Source: World Bank, GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
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- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/gdp-per-capita-growth/sao-tome-and-principe
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=gdp_per_capita_growth&place=st

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | -0.96 |
| 2024 | -0.53 |
| 2023 | -1.61 |
| 2022 | -1.75 |
| 2021 | -0.18 |
| 2020 | 0.72 |
| 2019 | 0.48 |
| 2018 | 2.78 |
| 2017 | 2.46 |
| 2016 | 3.42 |
| 2015 | -0.25 |
| 2014 | 2.98 |
| 2013 | 3.1 |
| 2012 | 0.88 |
| 2011 | -0.11 |
| 2010 | -0.76 |
| 2009 | 0.94 |
| 2008 | 3.73 |
| 2007 | 1.16 |
| 2006 | 6.24 |
| 2005 | 4.02 |
| 2004 | 0.98 |
| 2003 | 5.55 |
| 2002 | 0.91 |
| 2001 | 1.4 |
| 2000 | -0.65 |
| 1999 | 1.28 |
| 1998 | 1.17 |
| 1997 | -0.43 |
| 1996 | -0.03 |
| 1995 | 0.36 |
| 1994 | 0.46 |
| 1993 | -0.73 |
| 1992 | -1.2 |
| 1991 | -0.99 |
| 1990 | -4.54 |
| 1989 | 0.52 |
| 1988 | -0.64 |
| 1987 | -5.29 |
| 1986 | -7.94 |
| 1985 | 7.02 |
| 1984 | -7.81 |
| 1983 | -5.6 |
| 1982 | 1.19 |
| 1981 | -12.16 |
| 1980 | -3.38 |
| 1979 | 13.37 |
| 1978 | 0.16 |
| 1977 | 20.2 |
| 1976 | -0.89 |
| 1975 | 2.9 |
| 1974 | 3.34 |
| 1973 | -0.56 |
| 1972 | 0.13 |
| 1971 | 3.11 |