Africa vs Sao Tome and Principe: Debt on Concessional terms to GDP
Debt on Concessional terms to GDP over time
- Africa
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 69.6% against 0.1% in Africa, a difference of 69.5%.
That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1,016.8 times Africa's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Sao Tome and Principe has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 5th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 2nd of 6 groups.
Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 233.0% | 232.8% | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 66.7% | 66.6% | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher debt on concessional terms to gdp, Africa or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 69.6% against 0.1% in Africa as of 2011.
- What is the difference in debt on concessional terms to gdp between Africa and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 69.5%, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2011.
- How do Africa and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for debt on concessional terms to gdp?
- Africa ranks 5th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 2nd of 6 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank, Global Development Finance, published as Debt on Concessional terms to GDP (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Concessional Long-term Debt Outstanding and Disbursed (LDOD) conveys information about the borrower's receipt of aid from official lenders at concessional terms as defined by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD. Concessional debt is defined as loans with an original grant element of 25 percent or more. The grant equivalent of a loan is its commitment (present) value, less the discounted present value of its contractual debt service; conventionally, future service payments are discounted at 10 percent. The grant element of a loan is the grant equivalent expressed as a percentage of the amount committed. It is used as a measure of the overall cost of borrowing. Loans from major regional development banks--African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank--and from the World Bank are classified as concessional according to each institution's classification and not according to the DAC definition, as was the practice in earlier reports. LDOD is the total outstanding long-term debt at year end. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents and repayable in currency, goods, or services.