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Sao Tome and Principe
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)

General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. 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#182out of 189 countries
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Historical trend

75.260.345.430.415.5197019982025Sao Tome and Principe · 2025: 22.52%Sao Tome and Principe

Analytical takeaways

  • Sao Tome and Principe records 22.52% for Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in 2025, ranking #182 globally out of 189 countries.
  • Merchandise trade (% of GDP) declined from 45.68% in 1970 to 22.52% in 2025, a decrease of 23.16%.
  • 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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