Madagascar vs Sao Tome and Principe: Overall budget balance, including grants
Madagascar
-1.70 trillion current LCU
in 2011
Sao Tome and Principe
-558.90 billion current LCU
in 2011
Madagascar rank
47th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
44th
Overall budget balance, including grants over time
- Madagascar
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports -558.90 billion current LCU against -1.70 trillion current LCU in Madagascar, a difference of 1.14 trillion current LCU.
Across all 26 years both countries report, Sao Tome and Principe has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 47th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 44th of 51 countries.
Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -29.89 billion current LCU | -614.17 million current LCU | 29.27 billion current LCU | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | -149.05 billion current LCU | -52.62 billion current LCU | 96.43 billion current LCU | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | -630.13 billion current LCU | 106.00 billion current LCU | 736.12 billion current LCU | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | -1.19 trillion current LCU | -483.23 billion current LCU | 705.42 billion current LCU | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher overall budget balance, including grants, Madagascar or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at -558.90 billion current LCU against -1.70 trillion current LCU in Madagascar as of 2011.
- What is the difference in overall budget balance, including grants between Madagascar and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 1.14 trillion current LCU, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2011.
- How do Madagascar and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for overall budget balance, including grants?
- Madagascar ranks 47th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 44th of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank country economists, published as Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Overall budget deficit is current and capital revenue and official grants received, less total expenditure and lending minus repayments. Data are shown for central government only, and are in current local currency.