Estonia - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Estonia was 47,800,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 520,200,000 in 2007 and a minimum value of -336,300,000 in 2008.

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
1991 238,138
1995 32,000,000
1996 4,400,000
1997 95,900,000
1998 -30,900,000
1999 -164,700,000
2000 14,100,000
2001 46,600,000
2002 75,300,000
2003 184,300,000
2004 300,900,000
2005 166,200,000
2006 416,200,000
2007 520,200,000
2008 -336,300,000
2009 -243,900,000
2010 -5,000,000
2011 156,800,000
2012 -22,100,000
2013 136,300,000
2014 144,200,000
2015 -21,500,000
2016 -116,200,000
2017 -112,800,000
2018 -189,200,000
2019 47,800,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Estonia was 0.17 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 3.17 in 2007, while its lowest value was -3.05 in 1999.

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
1995 1.12
1996 0.12
1997 2.10
1998 -0.61
1999 -3.05
2000 0.23
2001 0.67
2002 0.96
2003 2.11
2004 3.08
2005 1.47
2006 3.07
2007 3.17
2008 -2.02
2009 -1.73
2010 -0.03
2011 0.94
2012 -0.12
2013 0.72
2014 0.72
2015 -0.10
2016 -0.53
2017 -0.47
2018 -0.73
2019 0.17

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance