| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked flow records | 261 | Raw count of trade-flow records in the database naming Sao Tome and Principe as an origin or destination — a record count, never a summed dollar total. |
| Port coverage | 0of 3 | Ports catalogued for Sao Tome and Principe with verified cargo statistics tracked on PortIndex. |
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How concentrated Sao Tome and Principe's trade is across its top partner countries, computed from currently-tracked trade flows (not the historical 1997–2015 World Bank dataset). Measures country-to-country concentration only — Sao Tome and Principe's trade_flows records don't carry product-level detail to break this down further.
+ 116 more tracked partners not shown above.
Every one of Sao Tome and Principe's 26 real trading partners reported for 2023 under UN Comtrade (ST) — a complete, deduplicated partner breakdown for this exact country/source/period combination, not a global top-N slice.
| Partner | Reported value |
|---|---|
| Netherlands (NL) | $10.0M |
| Belgium (BE) | $3.4M |
| Portugal (PT) | $784.4K |
| Germany (DE) | $532.4K |
| Spain (ES) | $521.7K |
| Cameroon (CM) | $311.2K |
| France (FR) | $300.5K |
| Bulgaria (BG) | $203.5K |
| Estonia (EE) | $125.6K |
| United States (US) | $87.9K |
| Angola (AO) | $60.8K |
| Equatorial Guinea (GQ) | $46.1K |
| Italy (IT) | $45.7K |
| Nigeria (NG) | $41.7K |
| Brazil (BR) | $29.6K |
| Gabon (GA) | $29.3K |
| India (IN) | $8.0K |
| Mauritius (MU) | $5.4K |
| South Africa (ZA) | $4.5K |
| Switzerland (CH) | $4.3K |
| Singapore (SG) | $712 |
| Togo (TG) | $705 |
| China (CN) | $320 |
| Albania (AL) | $106 |
| United Kingdom (GB) | $106 |
| Cabo Verde (CV) | $22 |
Firm-level entry/exit/survival dynamics for Sao Tome and Principe's exporting firms, whole economy (not broken down by product) so every figure below is a genuine national rate — never an average across incompatible product categories. See /exporter-dynamics to compare Sao Tome and Principe against all 68 covered countries.
| Metric | Latest value | Year | Trend (2014–2014) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of exporting firms | 53 | 2014 | — |
| Exporter concentration (EDD HHI, 0–1 scale) | 0.173 | 2014 | — |
| Product categories exported (distinct HS4 codes) | 18 | 2014 | — |
| Avg. export value per exporting firm | $140.9K | 2014 | — |
| Median export value per exporting firm | $6.6K | 2014 | — |
| Avg. destination countries per exporting firm | 1.5 | 2015 | — |
| Median destination countries per exporting firm | 1.0 | 2015 | — |
The 2014 mean is 21x the median — a small number of large exporting firms account for most of the export value; the typical firm exports far less than the average figure suggests.
Top product categories among Sao Tome and Principe's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2014 — each row is a real, separately-reported HS2 product category, never combined with another.
| Product category (HS2) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| Edible fruit and nuts HS 08 | 25 |
| Cocoa and cocoa preparations HS 18 | 14 |
| Oil seeds, grains, fruits HS 12 | 5 |
| Wood and articles of wood HS 44 | 5 |
| Coffee, tea, mate, spices HS 09 | 5 |
| Live trees and plants HS 06 | 3 |
| Fish and crustaceans HS 03 | 2 |
| Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts HS 20 | 2 |
Top manufacturing industries among Sao Tome and Principe's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2014 — each row is a real, separately-reported ISIC industry, never combined with another.
| Manufacturing industry (ISIC) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| Wood, cork, straw and plaiting products ISIC 202 | 5 |
| Meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, oils and fats ISIC 151 | 5 |
| Other food products ISIC 154 | 3 |