This page contains links to data files, reports and Statistical Bulletins relating to the economy of St Helena, including price inflation, gross domestic product (GDP), external trade, wages and incomes, and other topics including exchange rates, production, construction, utilities, and aid.
Please note, for the latest reports and data from the 2017 Household Expenditure Survey and the 2018 and 2019 Business Surveys please see: Surveys
Price Inflation
Latest data files and Statistical Bulletin on price inflation:
- Data file (Excel format), Quarterly data file updated to Quarter 1 2023, released in April 2023. Includes the Retail Price Index by category of expenditure, and estimates of annual and quarterly price inflation.
- Retail Price Index and Inflation for Q1 2023 (PDF format), issued April 2023
Previous Statistical Bulletins on price inflation (PDF format):
- Retail Price Index and Inflation for Q4 2022 , issued January 2023
- Retail Price Index and Inflation for Q3 2022, issued October 2022
- Retail Price Index and Inflation for Q2 2022, issued July 2022
- Retail Price Index and Inflation, Q1, 2022, issued July 2022
- Retail Price Index and Inflation, Q4, 2021, issued January 2022
- Retail Price Index and Inflation, Q3 2021, issued January 2022
Retail Price Index and Inflation, Q3 2021, issued October 2021 - Retail Price Index and Inflation, Q2 2021, issued July 2021
- Retail Price Index and Inflation, Q1,2021, issued April 2021
- Retail Price Index and Inflation, Q4, 2020, issued January 2021
- Retail Price Index and Inflation, Q3, 2020, issued October 2020
- Retail Price Index and Inflation, Q2, 2020, issued July 2020
- Price Inflation and the Retail Price Index, Q1, 2020, issued April 2020
- Price Inflation and the Retail Price Index, Q4, 2019, issued January 2020
- Price Inflation and the Retail Price Index, Q3, 2019, issued September 2019
- Price inflation and the Retail Price Index, Q2, 2019, issued July 2019
- Price Inflation and the Retail Price Index, Q1, 2019, issued April 2019
- Price inflation and the Retail Price Index, Q4, 2018, issued January 2019
- Price inflation and the Retail Price Index, Q3, 2018, issued October 2018
- Price Inflation and the Retail Price Index, Q2, 2018, issued July 2018
- Price inflation and the Retail Price Index, Q1, 2018, issued April 2018
- Price inflation and the Retail Price Index, Q4, 2017, issued January 2018
- Price inflation and the Retail Price Index, Q3, 2017, issued October 2017
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Latest data files and Statistical Bulletins on GDP:
- Data file (Excel format), estimates to 2021/22, (financial years), last updated in June 2023. Includes estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross National Income (GNI), corresponding growth rates, value added by sector, and GDP and GNI per capita
- Statistical Bulletin, economic activity for 2021/22, issued June 2023 (PDF version available here)
Previous Statistical Bulletins (PDF format):
- Gross Domestic Product and Gross National Income per capita, 2020/21, issued March 2022
- Gross Domestic Product and Gross National Income per capita, 2019/20, issued September 2021
- Gross Domestic Product and Gross National Income per capita, 2018/19, issued May 2020
- GDP and GNI per capita, 2017/18, issued April 2019
- GDP and GNI per capita, 2014/15 (also includes price inflation and population estimates), issued November 2016
External Trade
Latest data files and Statistical Bulletins on external trade:
- Data file (Excel format), annual (financial years) and quarterly statistics to Quarter 1, 2022 released on August 2021. Includes the value of imports and exports of goods by value, and exports of fish by species and quantity
- Latest Statistical Bulletin (PDF format) imports of goods 2020/21, issued June 2022
Previous Statistical Bulletins (PDF format):
Wages and Incomes
Latest data files and Statistical Bulletins on wages and incomes:
- Data file (Excel format), annual to 2021/22 (financial years), last released in March 2023. Includes estimates of average gross incomes from full time employment, adjusted for inflation.
- Latest Statistical Bulletin (PDF format), average gross incomes from employment, 2021/22, issued March 2023.
Previous Statistical Bulletins (PDF format):
- Wages: average gross incomes from employment for 2020/21, issued March 2022
- Wages: average gross incomes from employment for 2019/20, issued April 2021
- Wages: average gross incomes from employment for 2018/19, issued January 2020
- Wages: average gross incomes from full-time employment, 2017/18, Issued December 2018
- Average gross incomes from full-time employment, 2016/17, issued June 2018
- Income from Employment, 2014/15, issued October 2016
- Income from Employment, 2013/14, issued in 2015
- Income from Employment, 2012/13, issued in 2014
Other Topics
Latest data files, reports, and Statistical Bulletins on other topics:
- Exchange rates, monthly data file to May 2023 released in June 2023 (Excel format). Includes average exchange rates of the St Helena pound to the South African Rand, Euro, and US Dollar
- Production, quarterly data file to Quarter 4, 2022, last released in May 2023 (Excel format). Includes estimates of livestock population, meat production, fish catches and sales, forestry and firewood production
- Construction, quarterly data file to Quarter 1, 2023, released in April 2023 (Excel format). Includes number of building permits issued, and statistics on construction activity
- Utilities , quarterly data file to Quarter 1, 2023, released in April 2023 (Excel format). Includes indicators on water and electricity supply and consumptions
- Aid, annual data file updated to 2021, released in June 2023 Includes estimates of aid spending by other countries on behalf of St Helena (Excel format)
- Aid spending on behalf of St Helena, 2017 (PDF format), Statistical Bulletin issued January 2019
- 2017 RPI Item Categories and Weights (PDF format), issued May 2018
- Estimates of purchasing power parity between St Helena, UK, and US (PDF format), Statistical Bulletin issued November 2016
- Minimum Income Standard (PDF format), Statistical Bulletin issued November 2019