Sao Tome and Principe vs Uganda: Economic Indicators Comparison

Uganda with a GDP of $27.5B ranked the 104th largest economy in the world, while Sao Tome and Principe ranked 191st with $422.3M. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Uganda and Sao Tome and Principe ranked 41st vs 48th and 187th vs 151st, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatSao Tome and PrincipeUganda
GDP$422.3M$27.5B
GDP growth, 1 year3%6.2%
GDP growth, 5-years average4.3%4.7%
Population204k42.9M
GDP per capita$2k$643
GDP per capita growth0.74%2.27%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor12.151153.9
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.590.32
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$3.3k$2.5k
GNI, Atlas method$398.9M$26.7B
GNI per capita$1.9k$620
GNI, PPP adjusted$725.6M$84.3B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$3.4k$2k

Financial system and Human development

StatSao Tome and PrincipeUganda
Income Tax Rate20%30%
Corporate Tax Rate25%30%
Inflation, consumer prices7.9%2.6%
Inflation, GDP deflator4.7%3.2%
Unemployment13.3%1.7%
Economic Freedom Index56.259.5
Personal Freedom Index5.85.6
Human Freedom Index5.66.4
Property Rights Index4145.6
Judical Effectiveness Index26.536.9
Business Freedom Index64.846
Fiscal Health Index7364.3
Labor Freedom Index43.483.1
Investment Freedom Index6055
Financial Freedom Index3040
Trade Freedom Index64.275.4
Monetary Freedom Index68.178
Government Spending Index77.188.4
Tax Burden Index88.380.3
Government Integrity Index37.421.4
Corruption Perceptions Index4626
Life expectancy at birth, years69.962.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people2.39.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people27.529
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people3.411
International tourism, number of arrivals33k1.4M

Government debt & reserves

StatSao Tome and PrincipeUganda
Central government debt, % of GDP81.3%42.2%
External debt stocks, % of GNI58.8%46.3%
External debt stocks$249.6M$12.3B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves22.5%15.2%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income4.5%12.2%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNIN/A-9.5%
Gross savings, % of GDPN/A18.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDPN/A25%
Total reserves including gold$43.7M$3.4B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$23.7M$1.3B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatSao Tome and PrincipeUganda
Exports of goods and services, % of GDPN/A19.5%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDPN/A28.7%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$62.2M-$2.6B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDPN/A15%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$28.2M$1.4B
Personal remittances received$17.8M$1.2B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP14.8%19.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP11.4%24.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$3.6k$11M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoPN/A$10.4M
Expense, % of GDPN/A14.2%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP27.6%19.7%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Sao Tome and Principe vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Djibouti
$3.1k
957k
Papua New Guinea
$2.7k
8.25M
Vietnam
$2.6k
94.7M
Egypt
$2.5k
94.8M
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Ghana
$2.2k
26.9M
Congo
$2.1k
5.26M
Zimbabwe
$2.1k
16.5M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Syria
$2k
18.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
Nigeria
$2k
191M
India
$2k
1.33B
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M
Lesotho
$1.3k
2.23M
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M

Uganda vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M
Ethiopia
$772
105M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Gambia
$716
2.1M
Burkina Faso
$715
19.2M
Togo
$679
7.8M
Liberia
$677
4.73M
DR Congo
$562
86.8M
Sierra Leone
$534
7.56M
Madagascar
$528
25.6M
Afghanistan
$521
34.9M
Mozambique
$499
29.7M
Central African Republic
$476
4.66M
Niger
$414
21.5M
Malawi
$389
18.6M
Somalia
$315
11M