The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Stability (69/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 29/100 | — |
| Governance | 47/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 58/100 | Literacy Rate |
| Innovation | 36/100 | — |
| Stability | 69/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −1 | now 46, versus 47 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 44/100 | Pandemic 59 · Banking Crisis 41 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster 31 |
| Strategic Position | 43/100 | Demographics 60 · Resources 15 · Stability 69 · Education 41 · Technology 36 · Geopolitics 39 |
Sao Tome and Principe scores 48 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 1 point versus three years ago (now 46). Its strongest area is Stability (69/100). The risk drawing attention: Economy weakness.
All 192 tracked indicators — 110 sourced, 82 derived — each with its exact source, series code, and refresh cadence. The complete source-by-source catalog is on the methodology page.
Full catalog →Per-indicator sources are always public on the methodology page — Analyst assembles the complete ledger in context.
Sao Tome and Principe scores 48 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Stability (69/100) and its weakest is Economy (29/100).
Sao Tome and Principe's Stability score is 69 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Sao Tome and Principe's Economy score is 29 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Sao Tome and Principe's Quality of Life score is 58 out of 100 (moderate), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Sao Tome and Principe's Governance score is 47 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Sao Tome and Principe's Innovation score is 36 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Sao Tome and Principe is down 1 point versus three years ago — 46 now, from 47 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Sao Tome and Principe's defining asset is light construction, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — labor Participation 23.39% — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Sao Tome and Principe's Strategic Position score is 43 out of 100 (weak), weighing demographics, resources, stability, education, technology and geopolitics — each component sourced or derived, with unsourced components dropped rather than counted as zero.
On NationsHelm's Opportunity Index, Sao Tome and Principe scores 41 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 44/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.