Malta - Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) in Malta was 86,538,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,130,568,000 in 2003 and a minimum value of -195,009,000 in 2017.

Definition: Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1972 1,467,505
1973 232,937
1974 -6,266,015
1975 25,972,510
1976 5,637,084
1977 -2,352,667
1978 2,026,555
1980 15,886,330
1981 4,868,391
1982 3,098,067
1983 23,060,800
1984 3,726,998
1985 -2,632,192
1986 -11,530,400
1987 63,056,140
1988 53,831,820
1989 16,631,730
1990 336,139,500
1991 201,032,600
1992 139,556,200
1993 152,849,900
1994 193,219,200
1999 604,591,200
2000 373,447,500
2001 675,094,300
2002 330,645,200
2003 1,130,568,000
2004 521,872,800
2005 423,016,500
2006 -108,674,600
2007 488,879,600
2008 278,903,000
2009 372,631,000
2010 322,517,000
2011 412,721,000
2012 359,707,000
2013 356,664,000
2014 256,334,000
2015 206,133,000
2016 373,540,000
2017 -195,009,000
2018 82,350,000
2019 86,538,000

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance