São Tomé and Principe – Current Account Balance 2005

Current account balance as % of GDP · World Bank
-26.53% −4.30% from 2004 Global rank: 5th

São Tomé and Principe's current account balance was -26.53% in 2005, decreased +4.30% from -32.33% in 2004. This was the 5th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 2005
Current Account Balance by Country – 2005
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Grenada -36.20% -65.2%
2nd Mauritania -29.86% -36.4%
3rd Bhutan -28.76% -65.6%
4th West Bank and Gaza -26.64% 22.8%
5th São Tomé and Principe -26.53% -19.3%
6th Kiribati -25.04% -249.1%
7th Maldives -23.47% -135.4%
8th Palau -20.73% 40.4%
9th Liberia -19.34% -214.1%
10th Tuvalu -18.67% -1.8%
11th Jordan -18.04% -5,534.2%
12th Seychelles -17.80% -147.7%
13th Montenegro -16.65% -131.7%
14th Bosnia and Herzegovina -16.43% -2.0%
15th Solomon Islands -16.31% -206.2%
16th Dominica -16.09% -0.4%
17th Iceland -15.55% -57.4%
18th St. Lucia -15.51% -4.2%
19th St. Vincent and the Grenadines -14.03% -5.4%
20th Barbados -12.98% -34.8%
21st Tajikistan -12.81% -365.6%
22nd Lebanon -12.78% 12.5%
23rd Madagascar -12.53% -59.1%
24th Nicaragua -12.40% -4.5%
25th Latvia -12.18% 4.7%
26th Guyana -11.67% -912.2%
27th Bulgaria -11.21% -162.0%
28th Georgia -10.85% -60.5%
29th Burkina Faso -10.32% -5.8%
30th Ghana -10.28% -278.9%
31st Belize -10.26% 7.3%
32nd Micronesia, Federated States of -10.23% 45.5%
33rd Antigua and Barbuda -10.00% -58.5%
34th Samoa -9.97% -199.9%
35th Hungary -9.89% -15.8%
36th Portugal -9.60% -20.7%
37th Jamaica -9.53% -98.3%
38th Malawi -9.52% -28.5%
39th Tonga -9.29% -100.7%
40th Romania -8.67% -14.4%
41st Estonia -8.63% 27.6%
42nd Vanuatu -8.62% -210.1%
43rd Mozambique -8.58% -42.0%
44th Slovak Republic -8.19% -39.5%
45th Suriname -8.18% -18.8%
46th Serbia -7.83% 35.9%
47th Moldova -7.56% -325.5%
48th Croatia -7.54% -26.4%
49th Greece -7.52% -32.5%
50th Lithuania -7.34% 3.4%
51st St. Kitts and Nevis -7.23% 6.1%
52nd Spain -7.21% -33.1%
53rd Bahamas, The -7.12% -543.5%
54th Niger -7.11% -15.2%
55th Sudan -7.03% -128.9%
56th New Zealand -7.00% -52.3%
57th Albania -6.92% -18.2%
58th Fiji -6.90% 37.7%
59th Iraq -6.66% 19.8%
60th Malta -6.54% -20.3%
61st Panama -6.40% 3.2%
62nd Lao PDR -6.35% 54.2%
63rd Togo -6.33% 6.9%
64th Central African Republic -6.24% -265.5%
65th Australia -6.22% 1.4%
66th Senegal -6.14% -20.5%
67th Tanzania -5.94% -85.0%
68th Mali -5.89% 14.2%
69th United States -5.75% -10.4%
70th Chad -5.51% 52.8%
71st Cyprus -5.27% -15.8%
72nd Mauritius -4.93% -196.6%
73rd Guatemala -4.63% 0.6%
74th Cambodia -4.34% -120.6%
75th Costa Rica -4.29% -18.4%
76th El Salvador -4.23% 9.6%
77th Gambia, The -4.22% -55.2%
78th Cabo Verde -4.18% 60.1%
79th Türkiye -4.13% -18.7%
80th Sierra Leone -4.12% 2.6%
81st Comoros -4.10% -68.0%
82nd Thailand -4.04% -352.9%
83rd Guinea -3.74% -104.6%
84th Benin -3.44% 26.2%
85th Ireland -3.37% -3,340.9%
86th Eswatini -3.31% -225.0%
87th Poland -3.30% 44.5%
88th Honduras -3.12% 59.2%
89th Congo, Democratic Republic of -3.08% -250.9%
90th Zambia -2.78% 7.7%
91st South Africa -2.77% -12.2%
92nd Sri Lanka -2.66% -0.4%
93rd North Macedonia -2.55% 67.8%
94th Cameroon -2.54% -14.8%
95th Armenia -2.53% -14.7%
96th Pakistan -2.48% -279.3%
97th Rwanda -2.23% -20.6%
98th Czechia -2.05% 44.8%
99th United Kingdom -1.98% 14.2%
100th Slovenia -1.89% 30.2%
101st Marshall Islands -1.84% -152.0%
102nd New Caledonia -1.80% -141.4%
103rd Guinea-Bissau -1.64% -4.1%
104th Kyrgyz Republic -1.52% -125.0%
105th Kenya -1.35% -133.0%
106th Colombia -1.34% -100.9%
107th Dominican Republic -1.32% -128.6%
108th India -1.25% -260.2%
109th Viet Nam -0.97% 61.6%
110th Tunisia -0.93% 69.3%
111th Italy -0.90% -86.7%
112th Zimbabwe -0.65% 29.1%
113th Paraguay -0.63% -516.4%
114th Mexico -0.62% -34.1%
115th Burundi -0.51% 91.8%
116th Bangladesh -0.25% -209.7%
117th France -0.01% -101.2%
118th Indonesia 0.10% -94.8%
119th Haiti 0.10% 109.7%
120th French Polynesia 0.15% -95.4%
121st Côte d'Ivoire 0.17% -84.3%
122nd Uruguay 0.24% 966.5%
123rd Eritrea 0.43% 149.7%
124th Uganda 0.53% 3,429.8%
125th Kazakhstan 0.63% -19.2%
126th Syrian Arab Republic 1.04% 133.4%
127th Ecuador 1.18% 186.4%
128th Korea 1.26% -64.7%
129th Azerbaijan 1.26% 104.2%
130th Brazil 1.31% -2.2%
131st Peru 1.51% 1,505.1%
132nd Morocco 1.51% 1.1%
133rd Belarus 1.52% 130.5%
134th Faroe Islands 1.77% -76.4%
135th Philippines 1.85% 8.4%
136th Canada 1.87% -20.3%
137th Nepal 1.88% -20.5%
138th Chile 1.91% -41.4%
139th Austria 1.99% -5.1%
140th Belgium 2.00% -35.6%
141st Israel 2.22% 148.2%
142nd Egypt, Arab Republic of 2.35% -43.1%
143rd Argentina 2.65% 47.6%
144th Ukraine 2.84% -73.4%
145th Djibouti 2.84% -90.6%
146th Mongolia 3.47% 9.6%
147th Japan 3.52% -5.4%
148th Yemen, Republic of 3.73% 130.1%
149th Finland 3.80% -32.2%
150th Denmark 4.15% 2.9%
151st Aruba 4.45% -63.4%
152nd Namibia 4.55% -32.0%
153rd Germany 4.64% 2.9%
154th Myanmar 4.85% 113.8%
155th Turkmenistan 5.47% 780.2%
156th Iran, Islamic Republic of 5.57% 791.0%
157th Lesotho 5.69% 13.8%
158th China 5.71% 63.9%
159th Sweden 6.02% 1.5%
160th Netherlands 6.04% -20.8%
161st Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.52% 76.5%
162nd Luxembourg 6.93% -2.1%
163rd Uzbekistan 8.02% 40.4%
164th Bahrain 9.23% 166.7%
165th Congo, Republic of 10.46% -20.7%
166th Russian Federation 11.05% 19.4%
167th Switzerland 11.40% -9.2%
168th Hong Kong SAR, China 11.88% 19.2%
169th Angola 12.41% 391.9%
170th United Arab Emirates 13.17% 104.7%
171st Papua New Guinea 13.35% 5,176.8%
172nd Malaysia 13.92% 25.4%
173rd Oman 14.58% 358.5%
174th Botswana 16.11% 348.4%
175th Norway 16.12% 27.5%
176th Qatar 16.76% -32.0%
177th Algeria 19.79% 63.6%
178th Gabon 20.69% 73.8%
179th Nigeria 20.79% 126.6%
180th Singapore 23.26% 20.5%
181st Macao SAR, China 23.65% -28.2%
182nd Trinidad and Tobago 24.29% 82.5%
183rd Saudi Arabia 27.07% 34.9%
184th Afghanistan 30.23% -18.8%
185th Libya 31.57% 52.9%
186th Kuwait 37.22% 41.9%
187th Brunei Darussalam 38.23% 15.7%
188th Timor-Leste 56.70% 281.1%
HistorySaid – pattern alert

São Tomé and Principe matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2005. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 18.5%. View full analysis →