Sao Tome and Principe: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

The latest value from 2017 is 15.7 percent, a decline from 22.6 percent in 2010. In comparison, the world average is 2.85 percent, based on data from 75 countries. Historically, the average for Sao Tome and Principe from 2000 to 2017 is 19.57 percent. The minimum value, 15.7 percent, was reached in 2017 while the maximum of 22.6 percent was recorded in 2010. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.