Member state
São Tomé and Príncipe at the United Nations
- Admitted
- 1975-09-16
- ISO 3166-1
- ST / STP
- Admitted by
- A/RES/3364 (XXX)
International organisations
Every organisation this state belongs to that is compiled here, with the date it joined. Membership is resolved against this site’s own list of member states rather than taken from a query.
| Organisation | Joined |
|---|---|
| United Nations | 1975-09-16 |
| International Telecommunication Union | 1976-09-01 |
| World Meteorological Organization | 1976-11-23 |
| Universal Postal Union | 1977-08-22 |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | 1977-09-30 |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | 1980-01-22 |
| World Health Organization | not recorded |
| African Union | not recorded |
Position in General Assembly voting
A statistical estimate of where this state sat on the main axis of General Assembly voting, not a record of any vote. The range is what the model treats as credible; neither end of the scale is the better one.
| Year | Estimate | Credible range | Votes cast |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.39 | -0.99 to 0.15 | 12 |
| 2024 | -0.22 | -0.51 to 0.07 | 35 |
| 2023 | -0.13 | -0.85 to 0.67 | 2 |
| 2022 | -0.31 | -0.68 to 0.06 | 3 |
| 2021 | -0.40 | -0.72 to -0.13 | 46 |
| 2020 | -0.47 | -0.73 to -0.25 | 76 |
People of concern
As recorded by UNHCR’s Refugee Data Finder for 2025 — UNHCR’s own reporting categories, not a census.
| Category | People |
|---|---|
| Refugees hosted | 0 |
| Asylum-seekers hosted | 0 |
| Refugees from São Tomé and Príncipe abroad | 8 |
Population projection
United Nations World Population Prospects, median variant — a projection, not a count.
| 2025 | 2030 | 2035 | 2040 | 2045 | 2050 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240,254 | 264,565 | 290,088 | 315,842 | 340,926 | 365,115 |
Permanent mission
- Mission
- Permanent Mission of São Tomé and Príncipe to the United Nations
- Address
- Permanent Mission of Sao Tome and Principe to the United Nations, 336 East 45th Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10017 (Temporary)
- National holiday
- Independence Day, 12 July
- Accredited diplomats
- 1
Accredited diplomats
- Mr. Alcínio Cravid e Silva Counsellor / Deputy Permanent Representative
The numbers
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Since 1981 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy rate | 87.44 | 2019 | |
| CO2 emissions per capita | 0.6271 | 2024 | |
| GDP | 981,293,587 | 2025 | |
| GNI per capita | 3,800 | 2025 | |
| Life expectancy at birth | 69.91 | 2024 | |
| Net official development assistance received | 86,840,172 | 2023 | |
| Population | 240,254 | 2025 | |
| Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) | 8 | 2025 |
World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0. The sparkline shows the shape of each run from its first reported year; the number beside it carries the magnitude, and there is deliberately no axis on it.
General Debate statements
40 statements to the General Debate since 1976, 82,877 words in all. The longest was 1979, at 6,037 words, delivered by de Amorim.
Of the 25 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×11, Prime Minister ×5, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×5, UN Representative ×2. Earlier years are excluded because UN records do not consistently identify a speaker’s post before 1994, and counting those years as though they did would make any state look as though it sent nobody senior.
2025 2024 2023 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1998 1992 1991 1989 1988 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976
Emblems and location
Treaties joined
49 actions recorded by the Secretary-General as depositary. Only treaties whose participant counts match the depositary’s own stated totals contribute rows.
Recorded votes
| Resolution | Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| A/RES/80/290 | 2026-07-10 | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/282 | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/286 | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/296 | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/293 B | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/294 | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/293 A | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/297 | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/299 | - | non-voting |
Provenance
Every fact on this page, with where it came from and how sure we are.
| Attribute | Value | Source | Confidence | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iso2 | ST | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.563933+00:00 |
| iso3 | STP | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.563940+00:00 |
| m49 | 678 | un_sdg | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:11.769509+00:00 |
| name | São Tomé and Príncipe | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.563919+00:00 |
| un_admission_date | 1975-09-16 | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.563926+00:00 |
| unsd_name | Sao Tome and Principe | un_sdg | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:11.769515+00:00 |
Where this page comes from
- UN General Assembly ideal point estimates — CC0 1.0 · source
- UN General Debate Corpus (Jankin, Baturo & Dasandi) — CC0 1.0 · source
- UN Research Guides (Dag Hammarskjold Library) — un.org website terms (all rights reserved) · source
- UN Statistics Division SDG Indicators API — CC BY 4.0 · source
- UN World Population Prospects — un.org website terms (all rights reserved) · source
- UNHCR Refugee Data Finder — Unassessed · source
- Wikidata — CC0 1.0 · source
- World Bank Open Data — CC BY 4.0 · source