Sao Tome and Principe: Public Sector Debt (% of GDP)
Broadest available measure of public sector debt relative to GDP. Uses IMF Nonfinancial Public Sector Debt when available, falls back to General Government Gross Debt, with manual overrides for countries with opaque reporting (e.g., China).
Latest Value
45.4%
2026
Global Rank
#131 of 192
Percentile
Top 68%
YoY Change
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Ranking Neighbors
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #126 | 🇪🇹Ethiopia | 48.4% |
| #127 | 🇮🇸Iceland | 48.3% |
| #128 | 🇺🇿Uzbekistan | 47.1% |
| #129 | 🇿🇼Zimbabwe | 46.7% |
| #130 | 🇮🇩Indonesia | 45.8% |
| #131 | 🏳️São Tomé and PríncipeYou are here | 45.4% |
| #132 | 🇨🇱Chile | 44.8% |
| #133 | 🇧🇼Botswana | 44.8% |
| #134 | 🇳🇮Nicaragua | 44.6% |
| #135 | 🏳️Mauritania | 44.6% |
| #136 | 🏳️Sierra Leone | 43.6% |