Finland - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Finland was 608,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,900,000,000 in 2007 and a minimum value of -8,878,977,000 in 1993.

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
1972 264,391,400
1973 545,433,500
1974 376,068,200
1975 30,273,830
1976 547,619,900
1977 328,302,800
1978 -35,992,220
1979 -316,529,700
1980 -151,032,800
1981 111,340,400
1982 -437,120,400
1983 -1,067,152,000
1984 -216,626,000
1985 -68,116,110
1986 506,750,200
1987 -704,707,400
1988 880,463,800
1989 2,011,864,000
1990 914,101,400
1991 -4,357,917,000
1992 -6,930,352,000
1993 -8,878,977,000
1994 -8,290,319,000
1995 -7,142,000,000
1996 -4,270,000,000
1997 -763,000,000
1998 2,278,000,000
1999 2,337,000,000
2000 9,093,000,000
2001 7,815,000,000
2002 6,577,000,000
2003 4,719,000,000
2004 4,745,000,000
2005 5,565,000,000
2006 7,442,000,000
2007 9,900,000,000
2008 8,877,000,000
2009 -3,381,000,000
2010 -4,361,000,000
2011 -963,000,000
2012 -2,211,000,000
2013 -3,712,000,000
2014 -4,667,000,000
2015 -3,806,000,000
2016 -2,796,000,000
2017 -1,012,000,000
2018 -58,000,000
2019 608,000,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Finland was 0.25 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 6.66 in 2000, while its lowest value was -10.36 in 1993.

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
1972 2.57
1973 4.36
1974 2.38
1975 0.17
1976 2.65
1977 1.45
1978 -0.14
1979 -1.09
1980 -0.45
1981 0.29
1982 -1.02
1983 -2.23
1984 -0.41
1985 -0.12
1986 0.81
1987 -1.04
1988 1.15
1989 2.34
1990 1.00
1991 -5.01
1992 -8.17
1993 -10.36
1994 -9.14
1995 -7.25
1996 -4.18
1997 -0.69
1998 1.89
1999 1.84
2000 6.66
2001 5.40
2002 4.43
2003 3.11
2004 2.99
2005 3.38
2006 4.30
2007 5.29
2008 4.57
2009 -1.86
2010 -2.32
2011 -0.49
2012 -1.10
2013 -1.82
2014 -2.26
2015 -1.80
2016 -1.29
2017 -0.45
2018 -0.02
2019 0.25

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance