# Trade as a share of GDP in São Tomé and Príncipe

Trade as a share of GDP in São Tomé and Príncipe was 46.6% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `trade_share_gdp`
- Place id: `st`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Sum of exports and imports of goods and services, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank series.
- Note: Can exceed 100%, because exports and imports are both counted against GDP, which is only value added. Small open economies with large re-export or transit trade reach several hundred percent.
- Source: World Bank, Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/trade-share-gdp/sao-tome-and-principe
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=trade_share_gdp&place=st

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 46.6 |
| 2024 | 44.3 |
| 2023 | 47 |
| 2022 | 65 |
| 2021 | 57.9 |
| 2020 | 48.7 |
| 2019 | 67.6 |
| 2018 | 79.2 |
| 2017 | 92.9 |
| 2016 | 100.4 |
| 2015 | 112.7 |
| 2014 | 114.8 |
| 2013 | 83.5 |
| 2012 | 83.2 |
| 2011 | 86.1 |
| 2010 | 84.7 |
| 2009 | 71 |
| 2008 | 72.8 |