St. Lucia - Net incurrence of liabilities

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) in St. Lucia was -23,242,940 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 231,045,600 in 2003 and a minimum value of -23,242,940 in 2010.

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
2000 2,138,277
2001 83,121,040
2002 225,041,400
2003 231,045,600
2004 23,010,000
2005 139,421,000
2006 150,996,900
2007 112,020,100
2008 47,351,140
2009 14,926,530
2010 -23,242,940

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP)

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP) in St. Lucia was -0.58 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 10 years was 9.26 in 2002, while its lowest value was -0.58 in 2010.

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
2000 0.08
2001 3.45
2002 9.26
2003 8.67
2004 0.80
2005 4.55
2006 4.41
2007 3.11
2008 1.22
2009 0.39
2010 -0.58

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance