Sao Tome and Principe vs Tuvalu: Economic Indicators Comparison

Sao Tome and Principe with a GDP of $422.3M ranked the 191st largest economy in the world, while Tuvalu ranked 196th with $42.6M. By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe and Tuvalu ranked 151st vs 124th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Sao Tome and Principe	Tuvalu
GDP	$422.3M	$42.6M
GDP growth, 1 year	3%	2.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	4.3%	N/A
Population	204k	11k
GDP per capita	$2k	$3.7k
GDP per capita growth	0.74%	1.27%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	12.15	1.22
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.59	0.91
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.3k	$4k
GNI, Atlas method	$398.9M	$62.5M
GNI per capita	$1.9k	$5.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$725.6M	$70.2M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.4k	$6.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Sao Tome and Principe	Tuvalu
Income Tax Rate	20%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	7.9%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	4.7%	4.9%
Unemployment	13.3%	8.5%
Economic Freedom Index	56.2	60
Personal Freedom Index	5.8	6.2
Human Freedom Index	5.6	6.1
Property Rights Index	41	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	26.5	N/A
Business Freedom Index	64.8	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	73	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	43.4	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	60	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	30	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	64.2	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	68.1	N/A
Government Spending Index	77.1	N/A
Tax Burden Index	88.3	N/A
Government Integrity Index	37.4	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	46	48
Life expectancy at birth, years	69.9	66
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	2.3	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	27.5	0.2
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	3.4	18.7
International tourism, number of arrivals	33k	2.7k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Sao Tome and Principe	Tuvalu
Central government debt, % of GDP	81.3%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	58.8%	N/A
External debt stocks	$249.6M	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	22.5%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	4.5%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$43.7M	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$23.7M	$299k

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Sao Tome and Principe	Tuvalu
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$62.2M	$6.8M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$28.2M	$9.6M
Personal remittances received	$17.8M	$4M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	14.8%	7.3%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	11.4%	16.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$3.6k	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	$14k
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	27.6%	N/A