Sao Tome and Principe vs the Vatican City: Economic Indicators Comparison

Sao Tome and Principe with a GDP of $422.3M ranked the 191st largest economy in the world, while the Vatican City ranked 197th with $21.2M. By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe and the Vatican City ranked 151st vs 44th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Sao Tome and Principe	Vatican City
GDP	$422.3M	$21.2M
GDP growth, 1 year	3%	N/A
GDP growth, 5-years average	4.3%	N/A
Population	204k	1k
GDP per capita	$2k	$21k
GDP per capita growth	0.74%	N/A
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	12.15	N/A
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.59	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.3k	$30k
GNI, Atlas method	$398.9M	N/A
GNI per capita	$1.9k	N/A
GNI, PPP adjusted	$725.6M	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.4k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Sao Tome and Principe	Vatican City
Income Tax Rate	20%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	7.9%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	4.7%	N/A
Unemployment	13.3%	N/A
Economic Freedom Index	56.2	65
Personal Freedom Index	5.8	8.5
Human Freedom Index	5.6	7.8
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	60
Life expectancy at birth, years	69.9	77
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	2.3	0.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	27.5	0.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	3.4	0
International tourism, number of arrivals	33k	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Sao Tome and Principe	Vatican City
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	N/A

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Sao Tome and Principe	Vatican City
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	N/A
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$28.2M	N/A
Personal remittances received	$17.8M	N/A
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	14.8%	N/A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	11.4%	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$3.6k	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	27.6%	N/A