Sao Tome & Principe

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 4,273.84 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 219,161 HDI (2020): 0.63
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 126
Score: 41.7
Vulnerability 0.528
Readiness 0.362

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Sao Tome & Principe places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Sao Tome & Principe is the 37th most vulnerable country and the 114th most ready country.

ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995

Year 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ranking
110
110
114
119
115
115
119
120
118
118
139
140
141
139
141
138
139
132
132
127
124
126
124
125
124
126
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.528
Food
0.383
Projected change of cereal yields
0.877
Projected population change
0.422
Food import dependency
0.534
Rural population
0.276
Agriculture capacity
0
Child malnutrition
0.186
Water
0.358
Projected change of annual runoff
0.222
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.304
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.016
Water dependency ratio
0
Dam capacity
0.954
Access to reliable drinking water
0.654
Health
0.745
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.333
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.658
Dependency on external resource for health services
1.000
Slum population
0.879
Medical staff
0.930
Access to improved sanitation facilities
0.668
Ecosystem Services
0.536
Projected change of biome distribution
-
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.376
Natural capital dependency
-
Ecological footprint
0.229
Protected biome
0.696
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.842
Human Habitat
0.619
Projected change of warm periods
0.446
Projected change of flood hazard
0.756
Urban concentration
0.724
Age dependency ratio
0.783
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.685
Paved roads
0.323
Infrastructure
-
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.372
Dependency on imported energy
-
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.076
Electricity access
0.237
Disaster preparedness
-