Vanuatu - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Vanuatu was 5,719,487,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,768,787,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of -1,700,600,000 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
1990 952,300,000
1995 392,000,000
1996 -195,000,000
1997 -218,000,000
1998 -85,000,000
1999 -46,000,000
2009 -534,900,000
2010 -1,700,600,000
2011 -1,649,200,000
2012 -1,104,217,000
2013 -176,031,800
2014 771,115,200
2015 6,768,787,000
2016 6,168,790,000
2017 -1,639,859,000
2018 6,431,622,000
2019 5,719,487,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Vanuatu was 5.33 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 8.50 in 2015, while its lowest value was -2.62 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
1990 4.82
1995 1.40
1996 -0.67
1997 -0.69
1998 -0.25
1999 -0.13
2009 -0.85
2010 -2.62
2011 -2.39
2012 -1.59
2013 -0.25
2014 1.03
2015 8.50
2016 7.28
2017 -1.73
2018 6.38
2019 5.33

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance