St. Lucia - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in St. Lucia was -46,500,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,006,810 in 2007 and a minimum value of -241,021,700 in 2013.

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
2000 -23,330,470
2001 -62,702,600
2002 -44,868,000
2003 -129,783,000
2004 -100,386,900
2005 -133,207,300
2006 -84,131,840
2007 14,006,810
2008 1,357,497
2009 -65,206,320
2010 -20,451,570
2011 -161,820,900
2012 -228,878,700
2013 -241,021,700
2014 -137,592,200
2015 -92,970,000
2016 -23,080,000
2017 -46,500,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in St. Lucia was -0.863 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.388 in 2007, while its lowest value was -5.362 in 2013.

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
2000 -0.927
2001 -2.602
2002 -1.846
2003 -4.868
2004 -3.486
2005 -4.345
2006 -2.457
2007 0.388
2008 0.035
2009 -1.723
2010 -0.509
2011 -3.801
2012 -5.281
2013 -5.362
2014 -2.903
2015 -1.904
2016 -0.458
2017 -0.863

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance