Portugal - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Portugal was -411,559,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of -136,670,600 in 1975 and a minimum value of -18,929,790,000 in 2010.

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
1975 -136,670,600
1976 -226,454,200
1978 -328,209,000
1979 -397,541,900
1980 -477,848,400
1981 -687,343,500
1982 -729,741,300
1983 -810,047,800
1984 -929,759,300
1985 -2,190,720,000
1986 -2,109,915,000
1987 -1,906,356,000
1988 -1,778,105,000
1989 -1,392,145,000
1990 -2,292,475,000
1995 -4,676,623,000
1996 -4,209,036,000
1997 -3,379,282,000
1998 -5,298,029,000
1999 -3,905,084,000
2000 -3,646,926,000
2001 -5,968,925,000
2002 -4,100,795,000
2003 -7,571,171,000
2004 -8,888,982,000
2005 -9,142,746,000
2006 -6,744,835,000
2007 -4,622,586,000
2008 -5,529,935,000
2009 -15,933,070,000
2010 -18,929,790,000
2011 -13,276,660,000
2012 -11,241,280,000
2013 -9,021,272,000
2014 -13,384,630,000
2015 -8,771,334,000
2016 -4,455,193,000
2017 -6,109,055,000
2018 -1,215,277,000
2019 -411,559,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Portugal was -0.192 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 44 years was -0.192 in 2019, while its lowest value was -10.539 in 2010.

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
1975 -5.540
1976 -7.386
1978 -6.375
1979 -6.120
1980 -5.817
1981 -7.002
1982 -6.030
1983 -5.381
1984 -5.049
1985 -9.506
1986 -7.299
1987 -5.630
1988 -4.395
1989 -2.925
1990 -4.096
1995 -5.253
1996 -4.461
1997 -3.302
1998 -4.758
1999 -3.265
2000 -2.840
2001 -4.396
2002 -2.877
2003 -5.183
2004 -5.838
2005 -5.766
2006 -4.057
2007 -2.634
2008 -3.088
2009 -9.083
2010 -10.539
2011 -7.539
2012 -6.679
2013 -5.291
2014 -7.734
2015 -4.881
2016 -2.389
2017 -3.118
2018 -0.592
2019 -0.192

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance