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Sao Tome and Principe

0.2 million people

Sao Tome and Principe is piloting a MOSIP-based national digital ID funded by a World Bank grant. No CBDC work was found.

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Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Sao Tome and Principe

Program
National digital ID pilot (MOSIP-based)
Status
Being built or piloted
National ID card
ID card compulsory
Biometrics
Not confirmed

Biometric Update reports the country is piloting a national digital ID system based on MOSIP. The World Bank's Digital Sao Tome and Principe Project, a $21 million grant approved in 2022, includes a digital ID pilot. No source found for enrolment numbers or a card law.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status
No known work

No public CBDC work found as of Oct 2026.

UN and WHO

How Sao Tome and Principe has voted

WHO
Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018)
Didn't vote
Paris climate deal
Party
SDG Index 2026
64.8 · rank 111 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
1

Sovereignty score

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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.