Ghana - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Ghana was -15,206,500,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of -108,637,800 in 2004 and a minimum value of -16,767,560,000 in 2015.

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
2001 -247,712,100
2002 -245,331,900
2003 -239,651,600
2004 -108,637,800
2005 -137,029,300
2006 -786,536,000
2007 -1,085,337,000
2008 -1,772,639,000
2009 -2,066,516,000
2010 -3,314,982,000
2011 -2,343,529,000
2012 -7,751,137,000
2013 -10,343,950,000
2014 -8,901,433,000
2015 -16,767,560,000
2016 -15,608,040,000
2017 -12,246,120,000
2018 -11,418,680,000
2019 -15,206,500,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Ghana was -4.26 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 18 years was -1.36 in 2004, while its lowest value was -10.29 in 2012.

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
2001 -6.51
2002 -5.02
2003 -3.62
2004 -1.36
2005 -1.41
2006 -4.20
2007 -4.69
2008 -5.87
2009 -5.65
2010 -7.20
2011 -3.92
2012 -10.29
2013 -8.31
2014 -5.61
2015 -9.14
2016 -7.11
2017 -4.66
2018 -3.70
2019 -4.26

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance