Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP was 18.8% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP in Sao Tome and Principe, 2009–2020
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, private credit by deposit money banks to gdp in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 18.8%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.0% on the previous year and down 49.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, private credit by deposit money banks to gdp in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 38.1% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 18.8%, in 2020.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 147th out of 187 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 34.3% | — |
| 2010 | 37.1% | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 38.1% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 36.6% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 31.2% | -14.8% |
| 2014 | 26.6% | -14.7% |
| 2015 | 26.2% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 25.4% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 24.2% | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 21.8% | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 20.6% | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 18.8% | -9.0% |
Sao Tome and Principe compared with similar countries
- Sao Tome and Principe's 18.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 22.2%, 84% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Sao Tome and Principe's 18.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15.4%, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.3% | 34.3% | 34.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 28.8% | 20.6% | 38.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.8% | 18.8% | 18.8% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is private credit by deposit money banks to gdp in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Private credit by deposit money banks to gdp in Sao Tome and Principe was 18.8% in 2020, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest private credit by deposit money banks to gdp recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 38.1% in 2011.
- What is the lowest private credit by deposit money banks to gdp recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.8% in 2020.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for private credit by deposit money banks to gdp?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 147th out of 187 countries with data for 2020.
- Is private credit by deposit money banks to gdp rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Private credit by deposit money banks and other financial institutions to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is credit to the private sector, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Private credit by deposit money banks (IFS line 22d); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).