Bhutan - Net lending

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU)

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Bhutan was -4,121,708,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,210,908,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of -6,655,042,000 in 2017.

Definition: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (–) equals government revenue minus expense, minus net investment in nonfinancial assets. It is also equal to the net result of transactions in financial assets and liabilities. Net lending/net borrowing is a summary measure indicating the extent to which government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy or abroad, or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors in the economy or from abroad.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1984 36,800,000
1985 -128,100,000
1986 58,100,000
1988 150,300,000
1989 81,800,000
1990 -306,100,000
1991 -2,900,000
1992 -145,600,000
1993 483,700,000
1994 231,500,000
1995 -5,000,000
1996 338,700,000
1997 25,700,000
1998 360,904,000
1999 -364,500,000
2000 -474,700,000
2001 -2,029,787,000
2002 -953,727,000
2003 -2,850,129,000
2004 642,738,000
2005 -356,384,000
2006 537,882,000
2007 1,217,739,000
2008 -758,668,000
2009 306,389,000
2010 1,414,169,000
2011 -1,328,272,000
2012 -1,670,229,000
2013 -5,353,425,000
2014 5,210,908,000
2015 -1,158,520,000
2016 -1,828,542,000
2017 -6,655,042,000
2018 -4,121,708,000

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Bhutan was -2.46 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 7.02 in 1993, while its lowest value was -10.13 in 2003.

Definition: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (–) equals government revenue minus expense, minus net investment in nonfinancial assets. It is also equal to the net result of transactions in financial assets and liabilities. Net lending/net borrowing is a summary measure indicating the extent to which government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy or abroad, or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors in the economy or from abroad.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1984 2.02
1985 -6.34
1986 2.41
1988 3.97
1989 1.90
1990 -6.08
1991 -0.05
1992 -2.34
1993 7.02
1994 2.85
1995 -0.05
1996 3.15
1997 0.20
1998 2.41
1999 -2.12
2000 -2.49
2001 -9.32
2002 -3.77
2003 -10.13
2004 2.08
2005 -1.01
2006 1.36
2007 2.52
2008 -1.42
2009 0.51
2010 2.00
2011 -1.60
2012 -1.75
2013 -5.20
2014 4.48
2015 -0.90
2016 -1.26
2017 -4.17
2018 -2.46

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance