Sao Tome and Principe vs Sierra Leone: Overall budget balance, including grants
Sao Tome and Principe
-558.90 billion current LCU
in 2011
Sierra Leone
-327.14 billion current LCU
in 2011
Sao Tome and Principe rank
44th
Sierra Leone rank
41st
Overall budget balance, including grants over time
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports -327.14 billion current LCU against -558.90 billion current LCU in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 231.77 billion current LCU.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 44th and Sierra Leone ranks 41st of 51 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Sao Tome and Principe averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sao Tome and Principe | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -614.17 million current LCU | -4.58 billion current LCU | 3.96 billion current LCU | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | -52.62 billion current LCU | -51.97 billion current LCU | 657.02 million current LCU | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 106.00 billion current LCU | 29.68 billion current LCU | 76.32 billion current LCU | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | -483.23 billion current LCU | -315.90 billion current LCU | 167.33 billion current LCU | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher overall budget balance, including grants, Sao Tome and Principe or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at -327.14 billion current LCU against -558.90 billion current LCU in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2011.
- What is the difference in overall budget balance, including grants between Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone?
- 231.77 billion current LCU, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2011.
- How do Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone rank globally for overall budget balance, including grants?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 44th and Sierra Leone ranks 41st 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.