Finland - Net incurrence of liabilities

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) in Finland was 12,247,440,000 as of 1994. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,334,830,000 in 1993 and a minimum value of -676,956,400 in 1989.

Definition: Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets.

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

Year Value
1972 -34,983,090
1973 -129,168,300
1974 -75,348,190
1975 128,663,800
1976 155,405,600
1977 255,982,000
1978 783,083,000
1979 574,361,800
1980 598,580,800
1981 462,853,200
1982 914,437,800
1983 1,251,318,000
1984 891,227,800
1985 589,498,700
1986 699,493,600
1987 1,227,604,000
1988 48,101,750
1989 -676,956,400
1990 200,311,800
1991 4,447,057,000
1992 11,893,910,000
1993 14,334,830,000
1994 12,247,440,000

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP)

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP) in Finland was 13.50 as of 1994. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 16.73 in 1993, while its lowest value was -1.03 in 1973.

Definition: Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets.

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

See also:

Year Value
1972 -0.34
1973 -1.03
1974 -0.48
1975 0.71
1976 0.75
1977 1.13
1978 3.12
1979 1.97
1980 1.78
1981 1.22
1982 2.14
1983 2.62
1984 1.67
1985 1.01
1986 1.12
1987 1.81
1988 0.06
1989 -0.79
1990 0.22
1991 5.12
1992 14.03
1993 16.73
1994 13.50

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance