Average income in Sao Tome and Principe
Income per person in Sao Tome and Principe is $6,920 a year (GNI per capita, PPP, 2025), about $577 a month. That is 0.3 times the world figure of $25,517 and puts Sao Tome and Principe 140th of 187 countries.
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What this number is, and is not
GNI per capita is Sao Tome and Principe's gross national income divided by its population. National income is everything residents earn in a year: wages, company profits, rent, interest, plus net income from abroad. Dividing by every resident, including children and pensioners, gives $6,920. The PPP conversion prices it in international dollars, so a dollar here buys roughly what a dollar buys in the United States.
It is not a median salary, and it is not take-home pay. It is before tax, it includes income that never reaches a payslip, and it is an average, which the highest earners pull upwards. The typical worker in Sao Tome and Principe earns less than $6,920. How much less depends on inequality and on how many residents are of working age, neither of which this one number shows.
Sao Tome and Principe is below the world figure of $25,517 and has 5% of the income per person of Singapore, the top of our list at $135,750.
Questions
- What is the average income in Sao Tome and Principe?
- $6,920 per person per year, measured as GNI per capita at purchasing power parity (World Bank, 2025). Spread over twelve months that is about $577. It is the country's total income divided by every resident, including children and retirees, so it is a national average rather than a wage.
- Is $6,920 what a typical worker in Sao Tome and Principe earns?
- No. The figure is before tax, counts company profits and rents as well as wages, and is averaged over the whole population. The median worker takes home less than this in every country, because a small number of high earners pull the average up. For an individual's position in Sao Tome and Principe's income distribution, use the income test on this site.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe compare to Honduras?
- Honduras ranks 139th at $7,270, $350 more per person than Sao Tome and Principe. Against the world figure of $25,517, Sao Tome and Principe is 0.3 times it and Honduras is 0.3 times it.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, GNI per capita, PPP (current international $), latest year per country (fetched 2026-10-26). Figures are national averages per resident, not median salaries.
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