Cameroon - Net incurrence of liabilities

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) in Cameroon was 306,783,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,102,800,000,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of -8,250,000,000 in 1995.

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
1991 142,620,000,000
1992 74,430,000,000
1993 35,210,000,000
1994 99,190,000,000
1995 -8,250,000,000
2012 370,766,000,000
2013 560,931,000,000
2014 555,700,000,000
2015 907,300,000,000
2016 521,400,000,000
2017 1,102,800,000,000
2018 306,783,000,000

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP)

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP) in Cameroon was 1.38 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 5.26 in 2017, while its lowest value was -0.15 in 1995.

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
1991 4.27
1992 2.33
1993 0.77
1994 2.01
1995 -0.15
2012 2.41
2013 3.37
2014 3.09
2015 4.76
2016 2.60
2017 5.26
2018 1.38

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance