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Sao Tome and Principe: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1977–2024 · 48 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
43.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−1.2 pointsfrom 44.7%
Average, 2015–2024
66.2%10 years
Record high and low
677.2% (1996)low 4.40% (1977)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202443.5
202344.7
202255.1
202159.2
202070.8
201976.4
201871.5
201774.7
201681.7
201584.3

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1977–2024
  • AFRISTAT2015–2021

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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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