Sao Tome and Principe: Natural resources income

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
 Sao Tome and Principe

Income from natural resources, percent of GDP

 Latest value 1.88
 Year 2021
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2001 - 2021
 Average 3.12
 Min - Max 1.88 - 4.01
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2021 is 1.88 percent, a decline from 1.98 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 6.83 percent, based on data from 186 countries. Historically, the average for Sao Tome and Principe from 2001 to 2021 is 3.12 percent. The minimum value, 1.88 percent, was reached in 2021 while the maximum of 4.01 percent was recorded in 2003. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
Select indicator
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Recent data
Sao Tome and Principe - Natural resources income - Recent values chart

Historical series
Sao Tome and Principe - Natural resources income - historical chart - 2001-2021




The natural resources include oil, natural gas, coal, minerals, and the forest.
Definition: Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.

Selected articles from our guide:

Are trade deficits bad for the economy?

Sources of economic growth

Currency values and investment returns

How to write an economics research paper

All articles



 Related indicators Latest Reference Measure
 Energy use per capita 259.06 2007 kilograms of oil equivalent
 Share of clean energy 42.50 2022 percent
 Carbon intensity 0.17 2023 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP
 Energy use per $1000 GDP 55.19 2007 kilograms of oil equivalent
 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions 0 2023 Mt CO2 eq
 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita 0.93 2023 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita
 Greenhouse gas emissions 180 2020 kt of CO2 equivalent
 GDP per unit of energy 10.22 2007 GDP per kg of oil equivalent
 Natural resources income 1.88 2021 percent
 Oil revenue 0.00 2021 percent
 Natural gas revenue 0.00 2021 percent
 Access to electricity 78.00 2022 percent
This site uses cookies.
Learn more here


OK