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Sao Tome and Principe: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1974–2024 · 51 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2024
5.03%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+2.0 pointsfrom 3.03%
Average, 2015–2024
−13.9%10 years
Record high and low
16.5% (1977)low −49.7% (2008)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-5.68Forecast
2030-5.55Forecast
2029-5.30Forecast
2028-4.52Forecast
2027-5.12Forecast
2026-4.73Forecast
2025-6.30Forecast
20245.03
20233.03
2022-4.73
2021-18.2
2020-12.6
2019-21.8
2018-19.6
2017-22.7
2016-21.0
2015-26.4

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1974–1990
  • World Development Indicators1974–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1980–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Sao Tome and Principe documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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