São Tomé & Príncipe
Government debt in São Tomé & Príncipe
Government debt in São Tomé & Príncipe: 418.4% of GDP in 2001 and 59.1% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 59.1% of GDP
- Since 2001
- −359.3 percentage points
- Projected, 2031
- 43.6% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 43.6% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.1 |
| 2024 | 69 |
| 2023 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 86.8 |
| 2021 | 85.1 |
| 2020 | 91 |
| 2019 | 98.6 |
| 2018 | 95.9 |
| 2017 | 92.3 |
| 2016 | 104.6 |
| 2015 | 101.1 |
| 2014 | 92.5 |
| 2013 | 76.9 |
| 2012 | 59.6 |
| 2011 | 86 |
| 2010 | 83 |
| 2009 | 70.3 |
| 2008 | 60.7 |
| 2007 | 110.1 |
| 2006 | 283.2 |
| 2005 | 334.2 |
| 2004 | 354.5 |
| 2003 | 329.4 |
| 2002 | 366.5 |
| 2001 | 418.4 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 55.9 |
| 2027 | 54.2 |
| 2028 | 52 |
| 2029 | 49.7 |
| 2030 | 46.6 |
| 2031 | 43.6 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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São Tomé & Príncipe in numbers
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