Bhutan - Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) in Bhutan was 11,376,440,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 29,363,970,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of -1,319,205,000 in 2008.

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
1982 16,600,000
1983 26,900,000
1984 -20,500,000
1985 205,300,000
1986 95,000,000
1988 199,200,000
1989 470,600,000
1990 390,000,000
1991 47,000,000
1992 245,900,000
1993 -311,400,000
1994 46,600,000
1995 -4,200,000
1996 -239,800,000
1997 299,898,000
1998 -147,800,000
1999 308,900,000
2000 768,900,000
2001 2,540,648,000
2002 1,181,401,000
2003 2,895,691,000
2004 -556,304,000
2005 2,492,438,000
2006 215,476,000
2007 354,845,000
2008 -1,319,205,000
2009 -1,218,709,000
2010 192,542,000
2011 509,203,000
2012 -1,216,775,000
2013 484,096,000
2014 -704,151,000
2015 20,608,320,000
2016 29,363,970,000
2017 17,877,070,000
2018 11,376,440,000

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance