Economic Policy & Debt · São Tomé and Principe
Yearly data from 1974 to 2025, from the World Bank.
São Tomé and Principe's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) was US$38.9 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 44.5% from US$26.92 million in 2015 (3.75% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$38.9 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$52.72 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$26.92 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$56.34 million | 2024 |
| Lowest | US$82,651 | 1974 |
| Average since 2016 | US$38.46 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$82,651 | 1974 |
Over five years it is down 26.22% from US$52.72 million in 2020 (5.9% a year on average, compounded). Since 1974 it is up 46,965% from US$82,651 in 1974 (12.83% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
In 2025, São Tomé and Principe's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) fell 31% on 2024 (from US$56.34 million to US$38.9 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2024), the average change was +8.2% and a typical year strayed about 48.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5,820.9% in 1975 and the biggest yearly fall was 76.3% in 1976. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$2.21 million a year. A straight line explains 44% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2025, São Tomé and Principe had the 130th highest value of the 132 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| São Tomé and Principe | US$38.9 million | 2025 |
| World | US$1.66 trillion | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$88.1 billion | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | US$361.22 billion | 2024 |
Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
| Year | Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 38,899,376 |
| 2024 | 56,342,187 |
| 2023 | 43,414,245 |
| 2022 | 39,055,832 |
| 2021 | 37,226,604 |
| 2020 | 52,720,357 |
| 2019 | 29,226,856 |
| 2018 | 28,370,933 |
| 2017 | 32,614,856 |
| 2016 | 26,681,565 |
| 2015 | 26,920,089 |
| 2014 | 34,037,146 |
| 2013 | 46,711,428 |
| 2012 | 16,901,671 |
| 2011 | 16,759,425 |
| 2010 | 15,307,959 |
| 2009 | 11,272,500 |
| 2008 | 8,765,174 |
| 2007 | 6,469,109 |
| 2006 | 5,260,326 |
| 2005 | 7,474,642 |
| 2004 | 8,285,315 |
| 2003 | 6,938,736 |
| 2002 | 3,505,823 |
| 2001 | 5,279,987 |
| 2000 | 5,278,528 |
| 1999 | 6,435,000 |
| 1998 | 10,657,000 |
| 1997 | 20,100,000 |
| 1996 | no data |
| 1995 | no data |
| 1994 | no data |
| 1993 | no data |
| 1992 | no data |
| 1991 | no data |
| 1990 | 670,000 |
| 1989 | 2,416,737 |
| 1988 | 1,661,970 |
| 1987 | 2,632,297 |
| 1986 | 5,923,966 |
| 1985 | 3,701,429 |
| 1984 | 10,183,731 |
| 1983 | 5,265,122 |
| 1982 | 1,165,893 |
| 1981 | 1,335,956 |
| 1980 | 773,624 |
| 1979 | 1,241,985 |
| 1978 | 3,590,126 |
| 1977 | 476,595 |
| 1976 | 1,161,133 |
| 1975 | 4,893,661 |
| 1974 | 82,651 |
Every indicator for São Tomé and Principe is on the São Tomé and Principe data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.TRF.CURR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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