Spain - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Spain was -32,281,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 114,793,300 in 1973 and a minimum value of -38,095,000,000 in 2017.

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 44,474,900
1973 114,793,300
1974 34,858,700
1975 52,288,050
1976 -63,106,270
1977 -109,985,200
1978 -543,916,000
1979 -1,390,742,000
1980 -2,270,023,000
1981 -3,117,450,000
1982 -5,925,979,000
1983 -6,617,143,000
1984 -7,732,021,000
1985 -10,389,100,000
1986 -8,061,375,000
1987 -6,670,633,000
1988 -6,376,137,000
1989 -4,669,864,000
1990 -8,522,352,000
1991 -10,648,130,000
1992 -13,485,510,000
1993 -26,083,320,000
1994 -26,189,700,000
2017 -38,095,000,000
2018 -33,096,000,000
2019 -32,281,000,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Spain was -2.594 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 0.417 in 1973, while its lowest value was -6.494 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 0.195
1973 0.417
1974 0.103
1975 0.132
1976 -0.132
1977 -0.182
1978 -0.735
1979 -1.606
1980 -2.263
1981 -2.770
1982 -4.579
1983 -4.490
1984 -4.650
1985 -5.623
1986 -3.811
1987 -2.820
1988 -2.421
1989 -1.582
1990 -2.593
1991 -2.954
1992 -3.474
1993 -6.494
1994 -6.131
2017 -3.279
2018 -2.751
2019 -2.594

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance