São Tomé and Principe - Changes in net reserves

Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$) in São Tomé and Principe was ($4,232,242) as of 2020. Over the past 46 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $30,514,540 in 2005 and ($154,613,300) in 2007.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1974 $2,711,727
1975 ($1,154,904)
1976 $12,256,410
1977 $6,957,227
1978 $7,085,797
1979 $1,059,462
1980 ($12,330,790)
1981 ($6,647,868)
1982 ($13,965,740)
1983 ($6,818,388)
1984 ($7,279,788)
1985 ($11,241,340)
1986 ($11,335,310)
1987 ($4,068,006)
1988 ($4,436,020)
1989 ($5,616,680)
1990 ($9,407,229)
1997 $1,304,411
1998 ($6,043,562)
1999 ($2,626,446)
2000 ($5,487,483)
2001 $957,745
2002 ($3,840,747)
2003 $1,782,047
2004 ($7,648,879)
2005 $30,514,540
2006 $110,923
2007 ($154,613,300)
2008 $12,906,860
2009 $8,938,509
2010 $13,297,890
2011 ($5,275,275)
2012 ($10,741,790)
2013 $5,530,942
2014 ($1,955,390)
2015 $4,155,264
2016 ($21,191,870)
2017 ($14,865,490)
2018 ($20,265,330)
2019 ($6,477,557)
2020 ($4,232,242)

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments