Lesotho vs Sao Tome and Principe: Debt on Non-concessional terms
Debt on Non-concessional terms over time
- Lesotho
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 132.72 million current US$ against 58.28 million current US$ in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 74.44 million current US$.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 2.3 times Sao Tome and Principe's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 46th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 49th of 50 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.23 million current US$ | 1.78 million current US$ | 5.45 million current US$ | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 56.66 million current US$ | 21.44 million current US$ | 35.22 million current US$ | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 207.11 million current US$ | 34.56 million current US$ | 172.55 million current US$ | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 159.31 million current US$ | 41.33 million current US$ | 117.98 million current US$ | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 125.83 million current US$ | 55.51 million current US$ | 70.33 million current US$ | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher debt on non-concessional terms, Lesotho or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Lesotho, at 132.72 million current US$ against 58.28 million current US$ in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2011.
- What is the difference in debt on non-concessional terms between Lesotho and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 74.44 million current US$, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2011.
- How do Lesotho and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for debt on non-concessional terms?
- Lesotho ranks 46th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 49th of 50 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank, Global Development Finance, published as Debt on Non-concessional terms (current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Non-concessional Long-term Debt Outstanding and Disbursed (LDOD) conveys information about the borrower's receipt of aid from official lenders on non-concessional terms as defined by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD. This is the difference between the total debt outstanding and disbursed less debt on concessional terms. 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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.