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Country description

Sao Tome and Principe is a lower middle income country. It has a GDP per capita of around 2449.33 USD (2021) and HDI value of 0.62 (2019)

Index description

Allowing persons with disability to access digital devices has important socio-economic impact on the national level.

Learn more about the Digital Accessibility Rights Evaluation

Results for Sao Tome and Principe

	2018	2020	Simulator projection
Rank	97	118
Score	15Value: 15	17.5Value: 17.5	Value: 17.5

Comparison benchmarks

Country Laws and Regulations Rank 86 / Score 12.5
KPI	2020
KPI	Weight	Best	Worst	Aspirational value	Sao Tome and Principe
Merrakesh ratifaction	Initial Value: 1	2.5	0	0Worst: Algeria 0 Best: Afghanistan 2.5 0%	0Value: 0
CRPD ratification (UN Treaty)	Initial Value: 1	2.5	0	2.5Worst: Bhutan 0 Best: Afghanistan 2.5 100%	2.5Value: 2.5
General Law protecting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	Initial Value: 1	5	0	5Worst: Barbados 0 Best: Afghanistan 5 100%	5Value: 5
Definition of ICT accessibility	Initial Value: 1	5	0	0Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Algeria 5 0%	0Value: 0
Definition of Reasonable Accommodation	Initial Value: 1	5	0	5Worst: Algeria 0 Best: Afghanistan 5 100%	5Value: 5
Universal Service Obligation includes Persons with Disabilities	Initial Value: 1	5	0	0Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Angola 5 0%	0Value: 0
Country Capacity to Implement Rank 99 / Score 5
Government agency for Persons with Disabilities	Initial Value: 1	5	0	0Worst: Burundi 0 Best: Afghanistan 5 0%	0Value: 0
Government agency for ICTs	Initial Value: 1	5	0	5Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Algeria 5 100%	5Value: 5
Process to involve DPOs in ICT accessibility policy making	Initial Value: 1	5	0	0Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Algeria 5 0%	0Value: 0
Country refers to international ICT accessibility standards	Initial Value: 1	5	0	0Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Algeria 5 0%	0Value: 0
ICT accessibility courses available at universities	Initial Value: 1	5	0	0Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Algeria 5 0%	0Value: 0
Country Policies & Programs Outcomes by Areas of ICT Accessibility & Level of Implementation Rank 122 / Score 0
Web	Initial Value: 1	5	0	0Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Congo, Democratic Rep. 5 0%	0Value: 0
TV & Multimedia	Initial Value: 1	5	0	0Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Congo, Democratic Rep. 5 0%	0Value: 0
Mobile Telephone	Initial Value: 1	5	0	0Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Congo, Democratic Rep. 5 0%	0Value: 0
E-books and digital contents	Initial Value: 1	5	0	0Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Congo, Democratic Rep. 5 0%	0Value: 0
Promoting the Internet among Persons with Disabilities	Initial Value: 1	5	0	0Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Qatar 5 0%	0Value: 0
Inclusive ICTs for all in education	Initial Value: 1	5	0	0Worst: Armenia 0 Best: Malta 5 0%	0Value: 0
Enabling ICTs for all in employment	Initial Value: 1	4	0	0Worst: Argentina 0 Best: Austria 4 0%	0Value: 0
E-government and Smart Cities for all	Initial Value: 1	4	0	0Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Austria 4 0%	0Value: 0
Enabling Assistive Technologies and ICTs for independent living	Initial Value: 1	4	0	0Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Qatar 4 0%	0Value: 0
Procurement of accessible public goods and services for all citizens	Initial Value: 1	5	0	0Worst: Afghanistan 0 Best: Congo, Democratic Rep. 5 0%	0Value: 0

Index Global Highlights

Custom Region
Average
Weighted Average by population
Highest Ranked Country		Country
		Score
		Rank
Lowest Ranked Country		Country
		Score
		Rank

Global Details
Global Average		39.95 Value: 39.945652173913
Developed Economies Average		57.54 57.54
Developing Economies Average		42.4 42.3984375
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Qatar
	Score	89 89
	Global Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Tuvalu
	Score	2.5 2.5
	Global Rank	136
Highest Ranked Developed Country	Country	Australia
	Score	80 80
	Global Rank	2
Lowest Ranked Developed Country	Country	Romania
	Score	30.5 30.5
	Global Rank	83
Highest Ranked Developing Country	Country	Qatar
	Score	89 89
	Global Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Developing Country	Country	Trinidad and Tobago
	Score	10 10
	Global Rank	128

Arab Region Details
Arab Average		39.33 39.3333333333333
Arab Diversified Lebanon, Egypt, State of Palestine, Jordan, Iraq		40.5 40.5
Arab LDC Mauritania, Djibouti, Comoros, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic		23.75 23.75
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Qatar
	Score	89 89
	Global Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Somalia
	Score	7.5 7.5
	Global Rank	132
Highest Arab Diversified Country	Country	Egypt
	Score	61.5 61.5
	Global Rank	25
Lowest Arab Diversified Country	Country	State of Palestine
	Score	24.5 24.5
	Global Rank	106
Highest Arab LDC	Country	Yemen
	Score	39.5 39.5
	Global Rank	69
Lowest Arab LDC	Country	Somalia
	Score	7.5 7.5
	Global Rank	132

Economies per capita
High-Income Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, St. Kitts and Nevis, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Slovak Republic, Korea, Rep.			55.05 55.0454545454545
Upper-Middle-Income Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Montenegro, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, Russian Federation, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Serbia, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Venezuela, South Africa, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Dominican Republic			36.82 36.8170731707317
Lower-Middle-Income Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Eswatini, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe, Uruguay, Zambia, State of Palestine, Congo, Rep., Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Viet Nam			37.95 37.9487179487179
Low Income Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Rep., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Korea Dem Rep., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Togo, Uganda, Yemen			29.2 29.195652173913

Oil Exporting/Importing
Oil Exporting Average Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, China, Colombia, Congo, Rep., Congo, Democratic Rep., Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Yemen, Slovak Republic, Viet Nam		44.06 44.0636363636364
Oil Importing Average Afghanistan, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chile, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Korea, Rep., Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Togo, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe, Uruguay, Zambia, Central African Republic, Czech Republic, South Africa, State of Palestine, North Macedonia, Hong Kong SAR, Kosovo, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Korea Dem Rep., Tanzania		37.7 37.7037037037037
Oil Exporting Best	Country	Qatar
	Score	89 89
	Global Rank	1
Oil Exporting Worst	Country	Suriname
	Score	7.5 7.5
	Global Rank	132
Oil Importing Best	Country	Israel
	Score	79 79
	Global Rank	3
Oil Importing Worst	Country	Tuvalu
	Score	2.5 2.5
	Global Rank	136

OECD
OECD Average		57.22 57.2222222222222
OECD Developed Average Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic		57.83 57.8333333333333
OECD Developing Average Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Korea, Rep., Turkey		45.5 45.5
OECD Best	Country	Australia
	Score	80 80
	Global Rank	2
OECD Worst	Country	Mexico
	Score	25 25
	Global Rank	103
OECD Developed Best	Country	Australia
	Score	80 80
	Global Rank	2
OECD Developed Worst	Country	Mexico
	Score	25 25
	Global Rank	103
OECD Developing Best	Country	Chile
	Score	63 63
	Global Rank	20
OECD Developing Worst	Country	Mexico
	Score	25 25
	Global Rank	103

East Asia and Pacific
Simple Average		39.7
Weighted Average by population		52.88
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Australia
	Score	80
	Rank	2
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Papua New Guinea
	Score	9.5
	Rank	131

Europe and Central Asia
Simple Average		51.29
Weighted Average by population		57.63
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Israel
	Score	79
	Rank	3
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Armenia
	Score	13.5
	Rank	127

Latin America and The Caribbean
Simple Average		42.1
Weighted Average by population		54.73
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Brazil
	Score	72
	Rank	8
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Guyana
	Score	5.5
	Rank	134

North America
Simple Average		63.75
Weighted Average by population		73.14
Highest Ranked Country	Country	United States
	Score	71.5
	Rank	9
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Canada
	Score	56
	Rank	32

South Asia
Simple Average		32.62
Weighted Average by population		47.22
Highest Ranked Country	Country	India
	Score	53
	Rank	37
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Maldives
	Score	15.5
	Rank	120

Sub-Saharan Africa
Simple Average		34.34
Weighted Average by population		37.64
Highest Ranked Country	Country	South Africa
	Score	75.5
	Rank	4
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Senegal
	Score	14.5
	Rank	125

Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Simple Average		31.95
Weighted Average by population		34.19
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Qatar
	Score	89
	Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Guinea-Bissau
	Score	2.5
	Rank	136

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Latin America and The Caribbean

North America

South Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

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