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Afghanistan: Net lending/borrowing (also referred as overall balance) (IMF)

-0.54percent · 2025+61.0% since 2015

Defined as the difference between revenue and total expenditure, using the 2014 edition of the IMF’s Government Finance Statistics Manual (GFSM 2014). Does not include policy lending. For some countries, the overall balance continues to be based on GFSM 1986, which is defined as total revenue and grants minus total expenditure and net lending. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 2002 to 2025.

20022025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-0.538
2024-0.548
2023-1.33
2022-0.997
2021-0.485
2020-2.243
2019-1.058
20181.634
2017-0.673
20160.127
2015-1.378
2014-1.719
2013-0.631
20120.182
2011-0.672
20100.933
2009-1.761
2008-3.864
2007-2.462
20060.684
2005-0.917
2004-2.393
2003-2.102
2002-0.098

Source

Published by International Monetary Fund, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: IMF Terms and Conditions. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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International Monetary Fund (2026). Net lending/borrowing (also referred as overall balance) (IMF). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/imf-net-lending-borrowing-also-referred-as-overall (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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