Sao Tome & Principe

GDP (PPP) per capita (2022): 5,994.00 Int. Dollar Population (2022): 227,380 HDI (2022): 0.61
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 137
Score: 41.5
Vulnerability 0.542
Readiness 0.371

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 31st most vulnerable country and the 113th 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 21 22
Ranking
125
124
125
125
124
126
125
129
131
131
154
156
155
153
155
155
155
146
146
141
140
140
141
141
142
145
142
137
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2003 to 2022 Score
Vulnerability
0.542
Food
0.521
Projected change of cereal yields
0.877
Projected population change
0.422
Food import dependency
0.436
Rural population
0.261
Agriculture capacity
0.962
Child malnutrition
0.168
Water
0.365
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
1.000
Access to reliable drinking water
0.646
Health
0.683
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
0.531
Medical staff
0.910
Access to improved sanitation facilities
0.667
Ecosystem Services
0.527
Projected change of biome distribution
-
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.376
Natural capital dependency
-
Ecological footprint
0.194
Protected biome
0.696
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.842
Human Habitat
0.614
Projected change of warm periods
0.446
Projected change of flood hazard
0.756
Urban concentration
0.739
Age dependency ratio
0.738
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
0.123
Electricity access
0.222
Disaster preparedness
-