🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe ST / STP #170

Nomad Score 47.0

Cities 6

Region African Union, Lusophone, Islands, Africa, Africa, Middle Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency STN

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Semi-presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 45/100

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.632

HDI 0.637

Regional Blocs AU

Homicide Rate (2011) 3.2/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 27.9/100k

Government Type Unitary Semi-presidential system

Title	Name
President of São Tomé and Príncipe	Carlos Vila Nova
Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe	Américo Ramos

CPI Score (2026) 45 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

Electoral (2025) 0.632

Liberal 0.519

Participatory 0.391

Deliberative 0.416

Egalitarian 0.448

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).