São Tomé & Príncipe
Inflation in São Tomé & Príncipe
Inflation in São Tomé & Príncipe: 0.2% a year in 1980 and 0.9% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 0.9% a year
- Since 1980
- +0.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 146 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 5% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 5% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 69.1% a year in 1997, the lowest 0.1% a year in 1985.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.9 |
| 2024 | 14.4 |
| 2023 | 21.2 |
| 2022 | 18.1 |
| 2021 | 8.1 |
| 2020 | 9.8 |
| 2019 | 7.7 |
| 2018 | 7.9 |
| 2017 | 5.7 |
| 2016 | 5.4 |
| 2015 | 6.1 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2013 | 8.1 |
| 2012 | 10.6 |
| 2011 | 14.3 |
| 2010 | 13.3 |
| 2009 | 17 |
| 2008 | 32 |
| 2007 | 18.6 |
| 2006 | 23.1 |
| 2005 | 17.2 |
| 2004 | 13.3 |
| 2003 | 9.8 |
| 2002 | 10.1 |
| 2001 | 9.2 |
| 2000 | 11 |
| 1999 | 11 |
| 1998 | 42.1 |
| 1997 | 69.1 |
| 1996 | 42.1 |
| 1995 | 36.8 |
| 1994 | 51.2 |
| 1993 | 25.5 |
| 1992 | 33.7 |
| 1991 | 46.5 |
| 1990 | 42.3 |
| 1989 | 42.9 |
| 1988 | 44.3 |
| 1987 | 25 |
| 1986 | 13.9 |
| 1985 | 0.1 |
| 1984 | 3.2 |
| 1983 | 7 |
| 1982 | 0.4 |
| 1981 | 11.5 |
| 1980 | 0.2 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 |
| 2027 | 9.6 |
| 2028 | 7.1 |
| 2029 | 5.9 |
| 2030 | 5 |
| 2031 | 5 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
São Tomé & Príncipe in numbers
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