Current account balance (World Bank) in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024 — 5.03%. Ranked 30 in the world out of 165. Since 1974, the indicator has fallen by 4.92 pp.
1974–2024 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.03 | +2 pp |
| 2023 | 3.03 | +7.76 pp |
| 2022 | -4.73 | +13.43 pp |
| 2021 | -18.16 | −5.52 pp |
| 2020 | -12.65 | +9.15 pp |
| 2019 | -21.8 | −2.22 pp |
| 2018 | -19.58 | +3.14 pp |
| 2017 | -22.72 | −1.68 pp |
| 2016 | -21.04 | +5.38 pp |
| 2015 | -26.42 | +9.04 pp |
| 2014 | -35.46 | −5.03 pp |
| 2013 | -30.43 | +12.67 pp |
| 2012 | -43.1 | +3.6 pp |
| 2011 | -46.7 | −0.62 pp |
| 2010 | -46.09 | −6.83 pp |
| 2009 | -39.26 | +10.47 pp |
| 2008 | -49.73 | −6.59 pp |
| 2007 | -43.14 | −2.76 pp |
| 2006 | -40.38 | −13.86 pp |
| 2005 | -26.53 | +5.8 pp |
| 2004 | -32.33 | −4.57 pp |
| 2003 | -27.75 | +3.47 pp |
| 2002 | -31.22 | +4.3 pp |
| 2001 | -35.53 | −9.18 pp |
| 2000 | -26.35 | −3.99 pp |
| 1999 | -22.36 | −7.86 pp |
| 1998 | -14.5 | −7.65 pp |
| 1997 | -6.85 | — |
| 1990 | -10.09 | +1.44 pp |
| 1989 | -11.54 | −0.66 pp |
| 1988 | -10.88 | +0.31 pp |
| 1987 | -11.19 | +5.06 pp |
| 1986 | -16.25 | +3.01 pp |
| 1985 | -19.26 | −5.18 pp |
| 1984 | -14.08 | −2.32 pp |
| 1983 | -11.76 | +19.3 pp |
| 1982 | -31.06 | −9.06 pp |
| 1981 | -22 | −22.83 pp |
| 1980 | 0.83 | −12.4 pp |
| 1979 | 13.23 | +2.93 pp |
| 1978 | 10.3 | −6.15 pp |
| 1977 | 16.45 | +17.47 pp |
| 1976 | -1.02 | −0.78 pp |
| 1975 | -0.24 | −10.19 pp |
| 1974 | 9.95 | — |
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The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP from World Bank data. It duplicates the IMF indicator in meaning but rests on a different source and carries no forecast part — useful for cross-checking: noticeable divergences between the two series usually point to a revision of the statistics.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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