São Tomé and Principe: Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, São Tomé and Principe's statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) fell 8.01 on 2023 (from 63.61 to 55.59).

Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2023), the average change was +1.23 and a typical year strayed about 5.13 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 15.31 in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.01 in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.21 a year. A straight line explains 54% 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.

How it compares

In 2024, São Tomé and Principe had the 181st highest value of the 215 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.

Closest to São Tomé and Principe in the 2024 ranking

• Bahrain — 177th of 215: 56.33
• Haiti — 178th of 215: 56.21
• Djibouti — 179th of 215: 55.71
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 181st of 215: 55.19
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 182nd of 215: 54.85
• Turkmenistan — 183rd of 215: 54.06

What this measures

The data products overall score is a composite score measuring whether the country is able to produce relevant indicators, primarily related to SDGs. The data products (internal process) pillar is segmented by four topics and organized into (i) social, (ii) economic, (iii) environmental, and (iv) institutional dimensions using the typology of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This approach anchors the national statistical system's performance around the essential data required to support the achievement of the 2030 global goals, and enables comparisons across countries so that a global view can be generated while enabling country specific emphasis to reflect the user needs of that country.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 20 values

Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) in nearby economies

• Angola — 69.12 (2024)
• Benin — 74.46 (2024)
• Botswana — 75.14 (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 79.21 (2024)
• Burundi — 70.03 (2024)
• Cabo Verde — 64.67 (2024)
• Cameroon — 75.41 (2024)
• Central African Republic — 58.38 (2024)

More public sector data for São Tomé and Principe

• CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3 (2025)
• CPIA debt policy rating (1=low to 6=high) — 2 (2025)
• CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high) — 2.5 (2025)
• CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3.5 (2025)
• CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3 (2025)
• CPIA financial sector rating (1=low to 6=high) — 2.5 (2025)
• CPIA fiscal policy rating (1=low to 6=high) — 2.5 (2025)
• CPIA gender equality rating (1=low to 6=high)

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Questions people ask

What is São Tomé and Principe's statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100)?

55.59 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2005?

It is up 33.82% from 41.54 in 2005 (1.55% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 69.24 in 2021 and the lowest 41.54 in 2005.

How does São Tomé and Principe rank?

181st highest of 215 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) unusual for São Tomé and Principe?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IQ.SPI.PIL3, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Statistical Performance Indicators, World Bank (WB), uri: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators 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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