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Sao Tome and Principe
Trade (% of GDP)

Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Global rank#109out of 138 countries
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Historical trend

11597.179.561.944.3200820172025Sao Tome and Principe · 2025: 46.57%Sao Tome and Principe

Analytical takeaways

  • Sao Tome and Principe records 46.57% for Trade (% of GDP) in 2025, ranking #109 globally out of 138 countries.
  • Trade (% of GDP) declined from 72.80% in 2008 to 46.57% in 2025, a decrease of 26.23%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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