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Sao Tome and Principe
RegionSub-Saharan Africa
GDP0.95[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita4501.48[$]
Population0.21[millions]
Urbanization74.35[%]
Land Area1008.99[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 119 37.6 5.3
Health 124 28.7 3.2
Air Quality 152 24.6 -2.8
PM2.5 124 30.8 -7.5
Household solid fuels 134 16 4.9
Ozone 159 25.8 -12.3
Sanitation & Drinking Water 116 35.2 11
Sanitation 117 37.1 12.4
Drinking water 114 34 10.1
Heavy Metals 105 45 3
Lead 105 45 3
Waste Management 133 - -
Solid waste 133 - -
Ecosystem Vitality 99 43.6 6.7
Biodiversity 100 58.4 1.2
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l) 1 100 -
Terrestrial biomes (global) 1 100 -
Marine protected areas 117 - -
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 88 29.6 10
Species Habitat Index - - -
Species Protection Index - - -
Biodiversity Habitat Index 170 37.2 -0.5
Ecosystem Services 1 100 -
Tree cover loss 1 100 -
Grassland loss - - -
Wetland loss 1 100 -
Fisheries 34 17.2 3.1
Fish Stock Status 17 19.9 6.3
Marine Trophic Index 67 14.5 -
Fish caught by trawling - - -
Climate Change 141 35 16.6
CO2 growth rate 131 27.3 14.1
CH4 growth rate 154 32.9 28.2
F-gas growth rate - - -
N2O growth rate 167 18.4 18.4
Black Carbon growth rate 98 50.7 -17.7
CO2 from land cover - - -
GHG intensity trend 6 97.4 52.7
GHG per capita 10 95.8 -4.2
Pollution Emissions 119 47.1 2
SO2 growth rate 108 56.4 -12
NOx growth rate 129 37.9 16.1
Agriculture 161 18.2 -13.1
Sustainable N Mgmt Index 161 18.2 -13.1
Water Resources 119 0.3 -
Wastewater treatment 119 0.3 -

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

EPI Performance
Tajikistan 38.2
Equatorial Guinea 38.1
Honduras 37.8
Indonesia 37.8
Kiribati 37.7
Sao Tome and Principe 37.6
China 37.3
Samoa 37.3
Qatar 37.1
Zimbabwe 37
GDP per capita
Nicaragua 39.2
Honduras 37.8
Sao Tome and Principe 37.6
Sudan 34.8
Cambodia 33.6
Pakistan 33.1
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Republic of Congo 30.8
Bangladesh 29
Ghana 27.6
Issue Performance
Turkmenistan 43.9
Botswana 40.4
Iraq 39.5
Burkina Faso 38.3
Tajikistan 38.2
Sao Tome and Principe 37.6
Pakistan 33.1
Cabo Verde 32.8
Eritrea 30.4
Djibouti 28.1
Regulatory Quality
Ecuador 51
Gabon 45.8
Bolivia 44.3
Egypt 43.3
Sao Tome and Principe 37.6
Cameroon 33.6
Nigeria 31
Bangladesh 29
Mauritania 27.7
Solomon Islands 26.7
Voice & Accountability
Seychelles 58.2
Colombia 52.9
Albania 49
Tunisia 46.7
Dominican Republic 46.3
Peru 44
Indonesia 37.8
Sao Tome and Principe 37.6
Fiji 34.4
Lesotho 28
Political Stability
Germany 77.2
United States of America 69.3
South Korea 66.5
Estonia 65.3
Cyprus 64.8
Poland 60.9
Chile 55.3
Costa Rica 52.5
Jamaica 48.2
Sao Tome and Principe 37.6
Sub-Saharan Africa
Botswana 40.4
Namibia 40.2
Burkina Faso 38.3
Malawi 38.3
Equatorial Guinea 38.1
Sao Tome and Principe 37.6
Zimbabwe 37
Central African Republic 36.9
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.4
Uganda 35.6
Small Island Developing States
Belize 41.9
Kiribati 37.7
Sao Tome and Principe 37.6
Samoa 37.3
Guyana 35.9
Maldives 35.6
Timor-Leste 35.3
Fiji 34.4
Micronesia 33
Cabo Verde 32.8
Ease of Doing Business Index
Sao Tome and Principe 37.6
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EPI Report Year: 
2020
EPI ISO3: 
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