São Tomé and Príncipe — Government consumption
millions of LCU · Annual · 1970–2025 · 56 observations
About this series
Government final consumption expenditure is government spending on goods and services used to meet individual or collective needs, such as health, education, public order and defence. It is part of GDP and does not represent all government expenditure.
In São Tomé and Príncipe, the government consumption reading was 2.90B LCU in 2025, compared with 2.44B LCU in 2024. The period change was +19.1%. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 1.64B LCU. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 13.6% in 2025.
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Latest observations
2014–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.90B LCU |
| 2024 | 2.44B LCU |
| 2023 | 1.78B LCU |
| 2022 | 1.66B LCU |
| 2021 | 1.58B LCU |
7 earlier values, back to 2014
| 2020 | 1.45B LCU |
| 2019 | 1.22B LCU |
| 2018 | 1.13B LCU |
| 2017 | 1.02B LCU |
| 2016 | 1.23B LCU |
| 2015 | 1.31B LCU |
| 2014 | 1.18B LCU |