Sao Tome and Principe Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Capital Account: Net
ST: BOP: Capital Account: Net data was reported at 29.707 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 29.726 USD mn for 2016. ST: BOP: Capital Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 13.288 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2017, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 225.117 USD mn in 2007 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1990. ST: BOP: Capital Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net capital account records acquisitions and disposals of nonproduced nonfinancial assets, such as land sold to embassies and sales of leases and licenses, as well as capital transfers, including government debt forgiveness. The use of the term capital account in this context is designed to be consistent with the System of National Accounts, which distinguishes between capital transactions and financial transactions. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 29.71 2017 | yearly | 1974 - 2017 |
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Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net
ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data was reported at -40.740 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -22.325 USD mn for 2016. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -2.056 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2017, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 USD mn in 1990 and a record low of -79.049 USD mn in 2008. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows total net FDI. In BPM6, financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities. Net FDI outflows are assets and net FDI inflows are liabilities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -40.74 2017 | yearly | 1974 - 2017 |
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Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 41.026 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 23.331 USD mn for 2016. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 4.200 USD mn from Dec 1987 (Median) to 2017, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 79.143 USD mn in 2008 and a record low of -0.480 USD mn in 1993. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 41.03 2017 | yearly | 1987 - 2017 |
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Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 10.496 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.586 % for 2016. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 8.850 % from Dec 2001 (Median) to 2017, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 42.093 % in 2008 and a record low of 3.351 % in 2004. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.; ; International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.; Weighted Average; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 10.50 2017 | yearly | 2001 - 2017 |
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Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 0.322 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.006 USD mn for 2016. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.657 USD mn from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2017, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.553 USD mn in 2005 and a record low of -0.200 USD mn in 1988. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.29 2017 | yearly | 1988 - 2017 |
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Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.073 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.284 % for 2016. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.284 % from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2017, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.629 % in 2005 and a record low of 0.028 % in 2010. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world, and is divided by GDP.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Weighted Average; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.07 2017 | yearly | 2005 - 2017 |
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Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income
ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data was reported at 0.073 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.976 USD mn for 2015. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.976 USD mn in 2015 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2013. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Primary income on foreign direct investment covers payments of direct investment income (debit side), which consist of income on equity (dividends, branch profits, and reinvested earnings) and income on the intercompany debt (interest). Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.07 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Financial Account: Net
ST: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at -48.263 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -66.501 USD mn for 2016. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -10.272 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2017, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 150.479 USD mn in 2007 and a record low of -69.618 USD mn in 2008. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. The net financial account shows net acquisition and disposal of financial assets and liabilities. It measures how net lending to or borrowing from nonresidents is financed, and is conceptually equal to the sum of the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -48.26 2017 | yearly | 1974 - 2017 |
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Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
ST: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at 0.091 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -0.053 USD mn for 2016. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2017, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.091 USD mn in 2017 and a record low of -0.053 USD mn in 2016. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, and World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.09 2017 | yearly | 1974 - 2017 |
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Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net
ST: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at 0.588 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.606 USD mn for 2016. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2017, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.842 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of -2.154 USD mn in 2013. ST: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio investment covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.59 2017 | yearly | 1974 - 2017 |
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Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
ST: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 29.710 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 27.980 USD mn for 2015. ST: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 16.870 USD mn from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2016, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 155.110 USD mn in 2007 and a record low of 0.050 USD mn in 1975. ST: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Grants are defined as legally binding commitments that obligate a specific value of funds available for disbursement for which there is no repayment requirement. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 29.71 2016 | yearly | 1961 - 2016 |
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Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
ST: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 5.500 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.870 USD mn for 2015. ST: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 9.510 USD mn from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2016, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.370 USD mn in 1995 and a record low of 0.110 USD mn in 1961. ST: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Technical cooperation grants include free-standing technical cooperation grants, which are intended to finance the transfer of technical and managerial skills or of technology for the purpose of building up general national capacity without reference to any specific investment projects; and investment-related technical cooperation grants, which are provided to strengthen the capacity to execute specific investment projects. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 5.50 2016 | yearly | 1961 - 2016 |
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Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
ST: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at -4.825 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -34.733 USD mn for 2016. ST: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging -0.150 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2017, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 86.853 USD mn in 2013 and a record low of -34.733 USD mn in 2016. ST: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -4.83 2017 | yearly | 1974 - 2017 |
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Sao Tome and Principe ST: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
ST: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at -14.865 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -21.192 USD mn for 2016. ST: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging -3.954 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2017, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 30.515 USD mn in 2005 and a record low of -154.613 USD mn in 2007. ST: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sao Tome and Principe – Table ST.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -14.87 2017 | yearly | 1974 - 2017 |