{"entity":{"iso2":"ST","iso3":"STP","name":"Sao Tome and Principe","slug":"sao-tome-and-principe"},"indicator":{"licence":"CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)","slug":"foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-as-share-of-gdp","source":"International Monetary Fund (Balance of Payments), UNCTAD, and national sources, via World Bank (2026) \u2013 processed by Our World in Data","source_url":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows-as-share-of-gdp","title":"Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP","unit":"% of GDP"},"observations":[{"date":"1974-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1975-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1976-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1977-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1978-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1979-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1980-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1981-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1982-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1983-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1984-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1985-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1986-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1987-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"1988-01-01","value":-0.202385},{"date":"1989-01-01","value":0.0},{"date":"2005-01-01","value":10.6653},{"date":"2006-01-01","value":2.14951},{"date":"2007-01-01","value":2.09419},{"date":"2008-01-01","value":0.0503075},{"date":"2009-01-01","value":0.0748958},{"date":"2010-01-01","value":0.0290622},{"date":"2011-01-01","value":0.131265},{"date":"2012-01-01","value":0.175605},{"date":"2013-01-01","value":0.340853},{"date":"2014-01-01","value":1.34128},{"date":"2015-01-01","value":1.02108},{"date":"2016-01-01","value":0.34424},{"date":"2017-01-01","value":0.10002},{"date":"2018-01-01","value":0.623887},{"date":"2019-01-01","value":0.227351},{"date":"2020-01-01","value":0.181111},{"date":"2021-01-01","value":0.0215811},{"date":"2022-01-01","value":0.0288395},{"date":"2023-01-01","value":0.521894},{"date":"2024-01-01","value":0.464555}],"summary":{"latest_period":"2024-01-01","latest_value":0.464555,"max":10.6653,"mean":0.566236,"min":-0.202385,"of":189,"rank":78,"trend":"volatile"}}