Argentina - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Argentina was -858,348,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,142,800,000 in 1993 and a minimum value of -858,348,000,000 in 2019.

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
1990 -74,300,000
1991 -415,100,000
1992 599,600,000
1993 1,142,800,000
1994 -839,400,000
1995 -4,432,900,000
1996 -6,352,000,000
1997 -4,854,200,000
1998 -4,741,800,000
1999 -8,291,400,000
2000 -7,878,700,000
2001 -8,919,500,000
2002 -17,836,700,000
2003 -10,635,860,000
2004 -2,063,080,000
2014 -133,075,000,000
2015 -201,864,000,000
2016 -438,872,000,000
2017 -588,258,000,000
2018 -786,810,000,000
2019 -858,348,000,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Argentina was -3.937 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 0.483 in 1993, while its lowest value was -5.706 in 2002.

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
1990 -0.108
1991 -0.229
1992 0.265
1993 0.483
1994 -0.326
1995 -1.718
1996 -2.334
1997 -1.658
1998 -1.586
1999 -2.924
2000 -2.772
2001 -3.320
2002 -5.706
2003 -2.829
2004 -0.425
2014 -2.906
2015 -3.390
2016 -5.334
2017 -5.518
2018 -5.336
2019 -3.937

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance