History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale was 3,730 2011 US$ in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
3,730 2011 US$
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
112th
of 145 countries
All-time high
3,730 2011 US$
in 2018
All-time low
1,191 2011 US$
in 1955
Years of data
69
1950–2018
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Sao Tome and Principe, 1950–2018
Source: Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in 2011 US$.
Analysis
In 2018, history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 3,730 2011 US$. That is the highest value across all 69 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 3,730 2011 US$ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,191 2011 US$, in 1955.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 112th of 145 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 69 years of available data.
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | 2011 US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,278 2011 US$ | — |
| 1951 | 1,274 2011 US$ | -0.3% |
| 1952 | 1,272 2011 US$ | -0.2% |
| 1953 | 1,272 2011 US$ | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 1,325 2011 US$ | +4.2% |
| 1955 | 1,191 2011 US$ | -10.1% |
| 1956 | 1,256 2011 US$ | +5.5% |
| 1957 | 1,245 2011 US$ | -0.9% |
| 1958 | 1,364 2011 US$ | +9.6% |
| 1959 | 1,221 2011 US$ | -10.5% |
| 1960 | 1,352 2011 US$ | +10.7% |
| 1961 | 1,454 2011 US$ | +7.5% |
| 1962 | 1,549 2011 US$ | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 1,643 2011 US$ | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 1,733 2011 US$ | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 1,816 2011 US$ | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 1,921 2011 US$ | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 2,004 2011 US$ | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 2,083 2011 US$ | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 2,165 2011 US$ | +3.9% |
| 1970 | 2,243 2011 US$ | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 2,326 2011 US$ | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 2,324 2011 US$ | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 2,313 2011 US$ | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 2,399 2011 US$ | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 2,469 2011 US$ | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 2,432 2011 US$ | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 2,911 2011 US$ | +19.7% |
| 1978 | 2,909 2011 US$ | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 3,295 2011 US$ | +13.3% |
| 1980 | 3,182 2011 US$ | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 2,783 2011 US$ | -12.5% |
| 1982 | 2,817 2011 US$ | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 2,656 2011 US$ | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 2,447 2011 US$ | -7.9% |
| 1985 | 2,622 2011 US$ | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 2,418 2011 US$ | -7.8% |
| 1987 | 2,299 2011 US$ | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 2,295 2011 US$ | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 2,316 2011 US$ | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 2,217 2011 US$ | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 2,203 2011 US$ | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 2,185 2011 US$ | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 2,184 2011 US$ | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 2,205 2011 US$ | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 2,219 2011 US$ | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 2,221 2011 US$ | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 2,209 2011 US$ | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 2,229 2011 US$ | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 2,247 2011 US$ | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 2,219 2011 US$ | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 2,246 2011 US$ | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 2,250 2011 US$ | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,363 2011 US$ | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 2,409 2011 US$ | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 2,533 2011 US$ | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 2,714 2011 US$ | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 2,752 2011 US$ | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 2,926 2011 US$ | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 2,950 2011 US$ | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 3,093 2011 US$ | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 3,179 2011 US$ | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 3,217 2011 US$ | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 3,314 2011 US$ | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 3,474 2011 US$ | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 3,545 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 3,624 2011 US$ | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 3,721 2011 US$ | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 3,730 2011 US$ | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,270 2011 US$ | 1,191 2011 US$ | 1,364 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1960s | 1,772 2011 US$ | 1,352 2011 US$ | 2,165 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1970s | 2,562 2011 US$ | 2,243 2011 US$ | 3,295 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,584 2011 US$ | 2,295 2011 US$ | 3,182 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,212 2011 US$ | 2,184 2011 US$ | 2,247 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,536 2011 US$ | 2,219 2011 US$ | 2,950 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,433 2011 US$ | 3,093 2011 US$ | 3,730 2011 US$ | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 109 Tajikistan 4,440 2011 US$ compare
- 110 Ghana 4,267 2011 US$ compare
- 111 Bangladesh 4,099 2011 US$ compare
- 113 Cambodia 3,629 2011 US$ compare
- 114 Zambia 3,534 2011 US$ compare
- 115 Mauritania 3,458 2011 US$ compare
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.006 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0126 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.014 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0319 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0601 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0015 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Sao Tome and Principe?
- History’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Sao Tome and Principe was 3,730 2011 US$ in 2018, according to Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,730 2011 US$ in 2018.
- What is the lowest history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,191 2011 US$ in 1955.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 112th out of 145 countries with data for 2018.
- Is history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe data come from?
- The figures come from Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Unit 1 'The capitalist revolution’ Section 1.3 'History's Hockey Stick: Growth in income' in The CORE Team, The Economy. Available at: https://tinyco.re/28126370 [Figure 1.1b]