United Arab Emirates - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in United Arab Emirates was 16,093,660,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,093,660,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of -2,626,080,000 in 2012.

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
1997 962,000,000
1998 86,000,000
1999 184,000,000
2011 973,886,600
2012 -2,626,080,000
2013 3,270,220,000
2014 -1,271,379,000
2015 -90,385,870
2016 1,592,814,000
2017 2,610,974,000
2018 4,923,674,000
2019 16,093,660,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in United Arab Emirates was 1.05 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 1.05 in 2019, while its lowest value was -0.19 in 2012.

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
1997 0.33
1998 0.03
1999 0.06
2011 0.08
2012 -0.19
2013 0.23
2014 -0.09
2015 -0.01
2016 0.12
2017 0.18
2018 0.32
2019 1.05

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance