Poverty & Inequality in Sao Tome and Principe 26 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Sao Tome and Principe. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 unchanged 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 16.6% 13th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 73.5% 5th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.64 live births per woman 2023 down 20.5% 42nd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,004 kg per hectare 2023 down 4.4% 120th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 63.0% 3rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.02 % change on previous year 2023 up 86.0% 101st Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 11.48 2023 down 39.5% 149th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.5% 2023 down 39.5% 149th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 76.6% 14th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 8.11 % change on previous year 2023 down 56.4% 38th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.492 2023 down 5.6% 41st Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 24.2% 2023 down 34.4% 49th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1226 2023 down 22.2% 76th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1226 2023 down 22.2% 76th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1479 2023 down 14.0% 73rd Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4236 2023 up 30.1% 31st Population living in slums 82.4% 2022 up 45.8% 4th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.478 2023 up 6.7% 112th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.478 2023 up 6.7% 112th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.478 2023 up 6.7% 112th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 28.5 2023 up 60.6% 149th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 2.1 2024 down 38.7% 16th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 2.1% 2024 down 38.8% 15th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 3,721 2017 up 46.9% 122nd