Africa vs Sao Tome and Principe: Debt outstanding and disbursed, Total to GDP
Debt outstanding and disbursed, Total to GDP over time
- Africa
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 93.0% against 20.4% in Africa, a difference of 72.6%.
That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 4.6 times Africa's.
Across all 8 years both countries report, Sao Tome and Principe has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 4th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 3rd of 5 groups.
Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher debt outstanding and disbursed, total to gdp, Africa or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 93.0% against 20.4% in Africa as of 2011.
- What is the difference in debt outstanding and disbursed, total to gdp between Africa and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 72.6%, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2007.
- How do Africa and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for debt outstanding and disbursed, total to gdp?
- Africa ranks 4th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 3rd of 5 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank, Global Development Finance, published as Debt outstanding and disbursed, Total 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
Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data expressed as a percentage of GDP at market prices.