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Country or Region: Sao Tome and Principe › Change country
Economic Indicator: Gross National Savings (% of GDP) › See all Sao Tome and Principe indicators, › See Gross National Savings (% of GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Dobra
Currency Symbol: STD

Data are based on individual countries' national accounts statistics. For many countries, the estimates of national saving are built up from national accounts data on gross domestic investment and from balance of payments-based data on net foreign investment. Source: National Statistical Office. Instituto Nacional de Estatistica de Sao Tome & Principe. Latest actual data: 2006 Notes: There is a break in the series for 2001 onwards due to revision in GDP data. National accounts manual used: SNA 1993 GDP valuation: Market prices Start/end months of reporting year: January/December Base year: 2000 Chain-weighted: No Primary domestic currency: São Tomé and Príncipe dobras Data last updated: 03/2011

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Sao Tome and Principe in year 2010 is 7.213 %

This makes Sao Tome and Principe No. 152 in world rankings according to Gross National Savings (% of GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Gross National Savings (% of GDP) value is 18.64 %; Sao Tome and Principe is 11.43 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Sao Tome and Principe was 20.47 % Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Sao Tome and Principe in 2010 was or will be 64.76% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Sao Tome and Principe was or will be 17.80 %, which is 146.79% more than the 2010 figure.