São Tomé and Príncipe's exports rose from US$17.5M in 2008 to US$130M in 2025.
São Tomé and Príncipe · Trade
Exports, imports, balances, openness and composition.
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São Tomé and Príncipe's imports rose from US$119M in 2008 to US$327M in 2025.
São Tomé and Príncipe's merchandise exports (current us$) rose from US$4M in 1996 to US$38M in 2025.
São Tomé and Príncipe's merchandise imports (current us$) rose from US$22M in 1996 to US$183M in 2025.
São Tomé and Príncipe's services exports rose from US$4.48M in 1989 to US$88.2M in 2024.
São Tomé and Príncipe's trade balance fell from US$-102M in 2008 to US$-197M in 2025.
São Tomé and Príncipe's current account balance (us$) rose from US$-11.4M in 1989 to US$41.5M in 2024.
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- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)down −2.3 pts129th of 138
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +4.6 pts87th of 138
- Trade opennessup +2.3 pts109th of 138
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- Current accountup +2.0 pts31st of 173
- FDI inflowsup +1.7 pts184th of 192
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- High-tech exportsup +24.0 pts14th of 160
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- Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.0 pts145th of 161*
- Food exports (% of merchandise exports)up +0.2 pts1st of 160
- Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.2 pts156th of 160
- Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.1 pts151st of 160
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- Net barter terms of trade indexup +23.3 pts25th of 203
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- Tariffsup +0.5 pts30th of 135*
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- FDI outflowsdown −0.1 pts78th of 170
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- Logistics performance index, overallup +13.9 %88th of 159*