Congo - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Congo was 407,292,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,368,790,000,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of -639,258,000,000 in 2015.

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
2001 -15,700,000,000
2002 -113,000,000,000
2003 110,787,000,000
2004 -62,698,030,000
2005 323,494,000,000
2006 739,227,000,000
2007 475,632,000,000
2008 1,448,670,000,000
2009 338,433,000,000
2010 2,368,790,000,000
2011 1,183,910,000,000
2012 445,865,000,000
2013 620,179,000,000
2014 -366,071,000,000
2015 -639,258,000,000
2016 -354,547,000,000
2017 -361,967,000,000
2018 407,292,000,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Congo was 5.36 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 36.41 in 2010, while its lowest value was -9.09 in 2015.

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
2001 -0.77
2002 -5.37
2003 5.45
2004 -2.55
2005 9.23
2006 17.53
2007 11.31
2008 27.88
2009 7.40
2010 36.41
2011 16.05
2012 4.94
2013 6.99
2014 -4.14
2015 -9.09
2016 -5.85
2017 -5.62
2018 5.36

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance