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Domestic credit to the private sector in São Tomé and Príncipe

Domestic credit to the private sector in São Tomé and Príncipe was 7.8% of GDP in 2023, according to the World Bank. That is down 5 pts from 2022.

2023, % of GDP7.8
Change on 2022-5 pts
Series high412012
Series low2.91997

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Domestic credit to the private sector in São Tomé and Príncipe, 1995 to 2023

010203040501995200020052010201520231995: 4.5 % of GDP1996: 3 % of GDP1997: 2.9 % of GDP1998: 4.5 % of GDP1999: 4.5 % of GDP2000: 4.4 % of GDP2001: 4.4 % of GDP2002: 5.7 % of GDP2003: 10 % of GDP2004: 15.5 % of GDP2005: 22.2 % of GDP2006: 26.1 % of GDP2007: 30.8 % of GDP2008: 27.6 % of GDP2009: 32.7 % of GDP2010: 39.2 % of GDP2011: 39.7 % of GDP2012: 41 % of GDP2013: 36.3 % of GDP2014: 32.7 % of GDP2015: 33.3 % of GDP2016: 31.5 % of GDP2017: 29.4 % of GDP2018: 24.8 % of GDP2019: 22.5 % of GDP2020: 19.9 % of GDP2021: 17.7 % of GDP2022: 12.9 % of GDP2023: 7.8 % of GDP0102030405019952005201520231995: 4.5 % of GDP1996: 3 % of GDP1997: 2.9 % of GDP1998: 4.5 % of GDP1999: 4.5 % of GDP2000: 4.4 % of GDP2001: 4.4 % of GDP2002: 5.7 % of GDP2003: 10 % of GDP2004: 15.5 % of GDP2005: 22.2 % of GDP2006: 26.1 % of GDP2007: 30.8 % of GDP2008: 27.6 % of GDP2009: 32.7 % of GDP2010: 39.2 % of GDP2011: 39.7 % of GDP2012: 41 % of GDP2013: 36.3 % of GDP2014: 32.7 % of GDP2015: 33.3 % of GDP2016: 31.5 % of GDP2017: 29.4 % of GDP2018: 24.8 % of GDP2019: 22.5 % of GDP2020: 19.9 % of GDP2021: 17.7 % of GDP2022: 12.9 % of GDP2023: 7.8 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 29 values
Period% of GDP
20237.8
202212.9
202117.7
202019.9
201922.5
201824.8
201729.4
201631.5
201533.3
201432.7
201336.3
201241
201139.7
201039.2
200932.7
200827.6
200730.8
200626.1
200522.2
200415.5
200310
20025.7
20014.4
20004.4
19994.5
19984.5
19972.9
19963
19954.5

São Tomé and Príncipe compared with nearby places

Antigua and Barbuda: 37.1 % of GDPAlbania: 32.5 % of GDPArmenia: 55.4 % of GDPAngola: 7.6 % of GDPArgentina: 15.4 % of GDPAustria: 84.1 % of GDPAustralia: 127 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 23.1 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 47.3 % of GDPBangladesh: 37.6 % of GDPBelgium: 69.3 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 31.9 % of GDPBulgaria: 45.3 % of GDPBurundi: 37.2 % of GDPBenin: 18.6 % of GDPBrunei: 37.1 % of GDPBolivia: 60.2 % of GDPBrazil: 71.1 % of GDPBhutan: 71.4 % of GDPBotswana: 30.1 % of GDPBelize: 42 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 11.3 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 13.8 % of GDPSwitzerland: 150.9 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 21.9 % of GDPChile: 109.5 % of GDPChina: 189.6 % of GDPColombia: 41.6 % of GDPCosta Rica: 50.5 % of GDPCape Verde: 56.3 % of GDPCyprus: 60.6 % of GDPCzechia: 47.7 % of GDPGermany: 77.3 % of GDPDjibouti: 21.8 % of GDPDenmark: 147.5 % of GDPDominican Republic: 30.8 % of GDPAlgeria: 18.8 % of GDPEcuador: 54.7 % of GDPEstonia: 57.7 % of GDPEgypt: 29.3 % of GDPSpain: 78.3 % of GDPFinland: 93.2 % of GDPFiji: 113.6 % of GDPFrance: 112.6 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 118 % of GDPGeorgia: 66.4 % of GDPGhana: 9.4 % of GDPGambia: 8.7 % of GDPGuinea: 10.2 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 5.8 % of GDPGreece: 49.2 % of GDPGuatemala: 37.2 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 12.6 % of GDPGuyana: 19.9 % of GDPHong Kong: 248.8 % of GDPHonduras: 75.6 % of GDPCroatia: 46.4 % of GDPHaiti: 5.2 % of GDPHungary: 32.9 % of GDPIndonesia: 36 % of GDPIreland: 25.2 % of GDPIsrael: 69.4 % of GDPIndia: 40.9 % of GDPIraq: 12.6 % of GDPIceland: 88.3 % of GDPItaly: 63.1 % of GDPJamaica: 44.6 % of GDPJordan: 74.5 % of GDPJapan: 186.4 % of GDPKenya: 31.8 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 19.9 % of GDPCambodia: 130.1 % of GDPSouth Korea: 163.5 % of GDPKuwait: 4.6 % of GDPKazakhstan: 26 % of GDPLiberia: 19.3 % of GDPLesotho: 24.7 % of GDPLithuania: 34.1 % of GDPLuxembourg: 93.2 % of GDPLatvia: 28.6 % of GDPLibya: 12.2 % of GDPMorocco: 80.5 % of GDPMoldova: 25.6 % of GDPMontenegro: 42.4 % of GDPMadagascar: 16.9 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 52.1 % of GDPMali: 23.2 % of GDPMongolia: 38.6 % of GDPMauritius: 69.9 % of GDPMalawi: 7.7 % of GDPMexico: 33.2 % of GDPMalaysia: 117.1 % of GDPMozambique: 18.5 % of GDPNamibia: 56.1 % of GDPNiger: 10.9 % of GDPNigeria: 13.2 % of GDPNicaragua: 30 % of GDPNetherlands: 85.5 % of GDPNorway: 122.5 % of GDPNepal: 91.6 % of GDPNew Zealand: 140.6 % of GDPOman: 59.8 % of GDPPanama: 77 % of GDPPeru: 42.9 % of GDPPapua New Guinea: 16.5 % of GDPPhilippines: 48.3 % of GDPPakistan: 12 % of GDPPoland: 34.7 % of GDPPalestine: 52.7 % of GDPPortugal: 80.2 % of GDPParaguay: 52.2 % of GDPQatar: 118.1 % of GDPRomania: 23.3 % of GDPSerbia: 33 % of GDPRwanda: 21.6 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 34.8 % of GDPSweden: 129.1 % of GDPSlovenia: 36.3 % of GDPSlovakia: 61.5 % of GDPSierra Leone: 3.2 % of GDPSenegal: 31.4 % of GDPSomalia: 5.1 % of GDPSuriname: 16.6 % of GDPSouth Sudan: 3 % of GDPEl Salvador: 62.4 % of GDPEswatini: 21.3 % of GDPTogo: 26.3 % of GDPThailand: 153.8 % of GDPTajikistan: 12.2 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 23.7 % of GDPTunisia: 62.7 % of GDPTürkiye: 48.8 % of GDPTrinidad and Tobago: 45.5 % of GDPTanzania: 16.4 % of GDPUkraine: 18.6 % of GDPUganda: 14.8 % of GDPUnited States: 191.1 % of GDPUruguay: 28.1 % of GDPUzbekistan: 32.8 % of GDPVanuatu: 50.3 % of GDPSamoa: 74.1 % of GDPSouth Africa: 89.7 % of GDPZambia: 15.6 % of GDPZimbabwe: 6.5 % of GDP
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Domestic credit to the private sector, 2023, % of GDP. São Tomé and Príncipe is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Financial corporations' claims on the private sector, including loans, non-equity securities and trade credit, as a percentage of GDP. Some countries include credit to public enterprises.

Can include central banks, deposit banks and other financial corporations, so it is not a bank-loans-only measure. A published zero is valid. The latest year varies by country.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators. Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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World Bank. (2026). Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS) (Domestic credit to the private sector, São Tomé and Príncipe, 1995 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS

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Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS), Domestic credit to the private sector, São Tomé and Príncipe, 1995 to 2023. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/domestic-credit-private-sector/sao-tome-and-principe. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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World Bank. 2026. Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). Domestic credit to the private sector, São Tomé and Príncipe, 1995 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/domestic-credit-private-sector/sao-tome-and-principe.

Harvard

World Bank (2026) Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS), Domestic credit to the private sector, São Tomé and Príncipe, 1995 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/domestic-credit-private-sector/sao-tome-and-principe (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the domestic credit to the private sector in São Tomé and Príncipe?

Domestic credit to the private sector in São Tomé and Príncipe was 7.8% of GDP in 2023, according to the World Bank. That is down 5 pts from 2022.

Where does this figure come from?

World Bank. Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest domestic credit to the private sector in São Tomé and Príncipe?

41% of GDP in 2012, the highest value since 1995 in this series.

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