Sao Tome and Principe Poverty Rate 2000-2024

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
  • Sao Tome and Principe poverty rate for 2017 was 79.70%, a 10.6% decline from 2010.
  • Sao Tome and Principe poverty rate for 2010 was 90.30%, a 3.3% increase from 2000.
  • Sao Tome and Principe poverty rate for 2000 was 87.00%, a 87% increase from .
  • Sao Tome and Principe poverty rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
India 85.30%
Lesotho 81.00%
Sao Tome and Principe 79.70%
Djibouti 78.50%
Egypt 72.60%
Kyrgyz Republic 70.30%
Myanmar 68.20%
Indonesia 65.30%
Georgia 53.90%
Honduras 51.20%
Bhutan 39.50%
El Salvador 36.30%
Kosovo 34.20%
Bolivia 21.00%
Moldova 17.50%
Ukraine 10.80%
Sao Tome and Principe Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2017 79.70% -10.60%
2010 90.30% 3.30%
2000 87.00% 3.30%