Sao Tome and Principe

Short-Term External Debt

17.71

percent of international reserves

Global Ranking

60

Turkmenistan20.56

61

Dominican Republic20.02

62

Kyrgyzstan19.64

63

64

65

Sao Tome and Principe17.71

66

Democratic Republic of the Congo17.54

66

India17.54

68

69

70

Montenegro14.82

Africa Ranking

17

Gabon26.21

18

Sierra Leone25.88

19

Republic of the Congo23.47

20

21

22

Sao Tome and Principe17.71

23

Democratic Republic of the Congo17.54

24

25

26

Madagascar13.79

27

News

Economic Development in Africa Report 2024
UNCTADMonday, February 10, 2025
Annual Meetings 2024: old debt resolution for African countries – the cornerstone of reforming the global financial architecture
African Development BankWednesday, May 15, 2024
How Africa’s ‘ticket’ to prosperity fueled a debt bomb
ReutersThursday, August 1, 2024
10 African countries with the most troubling external debt in 2024
Business Insider AfricaThursday, April 25, 2024
International Debt Statistics (IDS)
World Bank GroupSunday, September 5, 2021
Sao Tome and Principe country profile
BBC.comWednesday, July 19, 2023
Essential but unevenly distributed: IMF’s response to sovereign debt and financial crises
Atlantic CouncilWednesday, March 15, 2023
Why Debt Relief Matters to the Wealthy West
Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceWednesday, January 17, 2024
External Risks Threaten Sub-Saharan Africa's Steady Recovery
International Monetary FundThursday, October 11, 2018
Small-Island Developing States need urgent support to avoid debt defaults
ODITuesday, March 30, 2021

Definition of Short-Term External Debt

Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Total reserves includes gold.

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