Central African Republic - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Central African Republic was 4,313,653,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21,600,310,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of -88,741,650,000 in 2010.

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
2004 -3,173,215,000
2008 -8,603,605,000
2009 -57,417,900,000
2010 -88,741,650,000
2011 -68,592,120,000
2012 7,332,802,000
2014 21,600,310,000
2015 -10,881,490,000
2016 7,170,644,000
2017 18,980,370,000
2018 4,313,653,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Central African Republic was 0.35 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 2.31 in 2014, while its lowest value was -8.37 in 2010.

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
2004 -0.47
2008 -0.97
2009 -5.91
2010 -8.37
2011 -5.97
2012 0.57
2014 2.31
2015 -1.09
2016 0.66
2017 1.58
2018 0.35

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance