São Tomé and Príncipe

News coverage about São Tomé and Príncipe accounts for 0.004% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 19, 2026. Output is steady week-over-week (-1.8%). The average tone of this coverage is -0.78 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.004%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-1.8%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.78
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

São Tomé and Príncipe coverage volume: 90 days, latest 0.00% on 2026-08-190.000.010.03May 22Jun 6Jun 21Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 19

Coverage tone, last 90 days

São Tomé and Príncipe coverage tone: 90 days, latest tone -0.78 on 2026-08-19+50-5May 22Jun 6Jun 21Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 19

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 18% of the coverage about São Tomé and Príncipe came from outlets based in São Tomé and Príncipe — the rest was written from abroad (115 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about São Tomé and Príncipe from domestic outlets (%): 5 days, latest 23.81 on 2026-07-210.0012.525.0Jul 16Jul 17Jul 19Jul 20Jul 21

Share of articles about São Tomé and Príncipe produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Sao Tome (13)

Places named in coverage about São Tomé and Príncipe on 2026-08-19 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$981M
World Bank, 2025
Population
240,254
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
46.6%
World Bank, 2025

Coverage share measures articles published by São Tomé and Príncipe-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).