Services share of GDP in São Tomé and Príncipe

Services produced 81.4% of GDP in São Tomé and Príncipe in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2019.

Measure: Services as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2008 to 2025 Source: World Bank
São Tomé and Príncipe, 2025 81.4% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 81.1%
World, 2024 63.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as São Tomé and Príncipe (2025).

Services share of GDP in São Tomé and Príncipe over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Services as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period São Tomé and PríncipeWorld
2025 81.4% –
2024 81.1% 63.3%
2023 79.5% 63.0%
2022 78.6% 62.3%
2021 75.5% 64.1%
2020 75.1% 65.4%
2019 83.8% 64.9%
2018 82.0% 64.3%
2017 81.0% 64.5%
2016 79.5% 65.0%
2015 74.0% 64.4%
2014 72.5% 63.2%
2013 71.0% 62.9%
2012 70.7% 62.7%
2011 68.9% 62.6%
2010 64.6% 63.3%
2009 65.5% 64.7%
2008 68.4% 62.8%
2007 – 63.2%
2006 – 63.6%
2005 – 64.3%
2004 – 64.8%
2003 – 65.5%
2002 – 65.7%
2001 – 65.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 81.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 74.0%, the figure has changed by +7.4 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NV.SRV.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2008 to 2025 for São Tomé and Príncipe
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices