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

Percent of GDP · 1995–2025 · 31 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
55.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−9.5 pointsfrom 65.2%
Average, 2016–2025
84.8%10 years
Record high and low
418.4% (2001)low 55.7% (2025)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203138.3Forecast
203040.3Forecast
202943.2Forecast
202845.3Forecast
202747.4Forecast
202650.4Forecast
202555.7
202465.2
202373.2
202286.8
202185.1
202091.0
201998.6
201895.9
201792.3
2016104.6

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1995–2015
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2001–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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