Ethiopia - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Ethiopia was -73,986,510,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,075,018,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of -88,952,760,000 in 2018.

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
1990 -1,661,600,000
1991 -1,636,900,000
1992 -1,393,700,000
1993 -1,414,700,000
1994 -2,078,800,000
1995 -1,485,800,000
1996 -887,100,000
1997 -635,600,000
1998 -1,641,800,000
1999 -2,430,400,000
2001 -2,880,500,000
2002 -5,002,697,000
2003 -4,084,100,000
2004 -2,900,900,000
2005 -4,803,200,000
2006 -5,583,800,000
2007 -4,779,580,000
2008 -4,807,950,000
2009 -7,511,500,000
2010 -10,549,700,000
2011 -6,952,735,000
2012 5,075,018,000
2013 -13,373,460,000
2014 -28,314,090,000
2015 -40,540,370,000
2016 -57,573,580,000
2017 -84,645,180,000
2018 -88,952,760,000
2019 -73,986,510,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Ethiopia was -2.750 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 0.679 in 2012, while its lowest value was -7.459 in 2002.

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
1990 -6.593
1991 -5.873
1992 -4.739
1993 -3.750
1994 -5.188
1995 -3.100
1996 -1.643
1997 -1.139
1998 -3.051
1999 -4.202
2001 -4.202
2002 -7.459
2003 -5.519
2004 -3.322
2005 -4.477
2006 -4.209
2007 -2.758
2008 -1.922
2009 -2.223
2010 -2.734
2011 -1.350
2012 0.679
2013 -1.543
2014 -2.669
2015 -3.123
2016 -3.672
2017 -4.618
2018 -4.043
2019 -2.750

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance