_#_Literacy: 57% (male 73%, female 42%) age 15 and over can read and write (1981)
_#_Labor force: 21,096 (1981); most of population engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; labor shortages on plantations and of skilled workers; 56% of population of working age (1983)
_#_Organized labor: NA
_*Government #_Long-form name: Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
_#_Type: republic
_#_Capital: Sao Tome
_#_Administrative divisions: 2 districts (concelhos, singular—concelho); Principe, Sao Tome
_#_Independence: 12 July 1975 (from Portugal)
_#_Constitution: 5 November 1975, approved 15 December 1982
_#_Legal system: based on Portuguese law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction