Vanuatu - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in Vanuatu was 9,445,000,000 as of 1999. As the graph below shows, over the past 9 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,500,000,000 in 1998 and a minimum value of 4,629,300,000 in 1990.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

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

Year Value
1990 4,629,300,000
1995 6,760,000,000
1996 6,523,000,000
1997 7,381,000,000
1998 9,500,000,000
1999 9,445,000,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in Vanuatu was 27.30 as of 1999. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 28.40 in 1998, while its lowest value was 22.34 in 1996.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 23.42
1995 24.18
1996 22.34
1997 23.35
1998 28.40
1999 27.30

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance