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Figures for the years from the WEO's own year onward are IMF staff projections, labelled \"IMF forecast\". Earlier years are the IMF's series of reported data, which for some countries include IMF staff estimates for the latest years. The source has not published a recent figure for this series. Source series LUR. Licence: IMF terms of use (https://www.imf.org/en/About/copyright-and-terms).","forecast_label":"IMF forecast","quality":{"status":"delayed","label":"Delayed","explanation":"We have not collected figures for 2018, which were due by March 27, 2020, even on a generous allowance for a annual series. The latest we have are for 2017.","last_period":"2017-01-01","next_period":"2018-01-01","next_expected_by":"2020-03-27","provisional_from":null,"revisions_last_30_days":0,"last_revised_at":null,"source_checked_at":"2026-10-19T16:37:59.786593+00:00","definitions":"https://www.ckeconomics.com/methodology#data-status"},"projection":null,"projection_withheld":null,"ck_content_license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","license_note":"CC BY 4.0 covers CK Economics' own calculations and projections. Source data remains under its publisher's terms.","terms":"https://www.ckeconomics.com/terms","citation":"International Monetary Fund. (2026). São Tomé and Príncipe: Unemployment rate [Data set]. https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/LUR@WEO/STP. 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