São Tomé and Principe: PPG, private creditors (NFL, current US$)

Key figures

Since 1977 it is up 6,394% from US$154,000 in 1977 (11.61% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 24 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$5.58 million in 1984 and the biggest yearly fall was US$5.58 million in 1985. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to São Tomé and Principe in the 2015 ranking

• Tonga — 2nd of 3: −US$130,000
• Malawi — 3rd of 3: −US$1.93 million

What this measures

Public and publicly guaranteed debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 15 values

PPG, private creditors (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies

• Angola — US$687.85 million (2024)
• Benin — US$977.24 million (2024)
• Botswana — −US$4.44 million (2019)
• Burkina Faso — US$62.99 million (2024)
• Cabo Verde — −US$22.14 million (2024)
• Cameroon — US$459.33 million (2024)
• Central African Republic — −US$1.45 million (2024)
• Chad — −US$173.12 million (2024)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — −US$9.02 million (2024)
• Congo, Rep. — −US$430.39 million (2024)

More economic policy & debt data for São Tomé and Principe

• GDP (current US$) — US$981.29 million (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 21.28 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$326.78 million (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 4.28 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$4,084 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 88,591 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,360 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 17,810 (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$1.06 billion (2025)
• GNI (current LCU) — 23.04 billion (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is São Tomé and Principe's PPG, private creditors (NFL, current US$)?

US$10 million in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1977?

It is up 6,394% from US$154,000 in 1977 (11.61% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$10 million in 2015 and the lowest −US$411,000 in 1989.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.PRVT.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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