Costa Rica - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Costa Rica was -1,588,070,000,000 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 236,009,000,000 in 2007 and a minimum value of -1,588,070,000,000 in 2014.

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
1973 -230,000,000
1974 30,000,000
1975 -190,000,000
1976 -500,000,000
1977 -690,000,000
1978 -1,250,000,000
1979 -2,280,000,000
1980 -2,990,000,000
1981 -1,800,000,000
1982 -910,000,000
1983 -2,380,000,000
1984 -820,000,000
1985 -2,130,000,000
1986 -10,570,000,000
1987 -7,320,000,000
1988 2,010,000,000
1989 -6,550,000,000
1990 -13,200,000,000
1991 -8,570,000,000
1992 8,839,999,000
1993 -2,050,000,000
1994 -73,460,000,000
1995 -44,840,000,000
1996 -69,560,000,000
1997 -54,820,000,000
1998 -43,680,000,000
1999 -63,790,000,000
2000 -64,620,000,000
2001 -65,390,000,000
2002 -206,443,000,000
2003 -111,600,000,000
2004 -108,030,000,000
2005 -75,826,300,000
2006 131,977,000,000
2007 236,009,000,000
2008 -123,177,000,000
2009 -565,957,000,000
2010 -826,521,000,000
2011 -725,032,000,000
2012 -920,182,000,000
2013 -1,107,470,000,000
2014 -1,588,070,000,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Costa Rica was -5.67 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 1.70 in 2007, while its lowest value was -7.22 in 1980.

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
1973 -2.26
1974 0.23
1975 -1.13
1976 -2.42
1977 -2.62
1978 -4.14
1979 -6.59
1980 -7.22
1981 -3.15
1982 -0.93
1983 -1.84
1984 -0.50
1985 -1.08
1986 -4.29
1987 -2.57
1988 0.57
1989 -1.54
1990 -2.52
1991 -0.97
1992 0.77
1993 -0.15
1994 -4.46
1995 -2.16
1996 -2.87
1997 -1.87
1998 -1.24
1999 -1.57
2000 -1.40
2001 -1.24
2002 -3.46
2003 -1.62
2004 -1.33
2005 -0.79
2006 1.14
2007 1.70
2008 -0.76
2009 -3.21
2010 -4.17
2011 -3.35
2012 -3.87
2013 -4.35
2014 -5.67

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance