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Afghanistan: Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) (IMF)

-0.49percent · 2025+62.9% since 2015

Overall balance excluding net interest payment (interest expenditure minus interest revenue). Annual figures for Afghanistan from 2004 to 2025.

20042025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-0.492
2024-0.502
2023-1.159
2022-0.989
2021-0.462
2020-2.206
2019-1.019
20181.694
2017-0.604
20160.192
2015-1.326
2014-1.685
2013-0.544
20120.257
2011-0.573
20100.945
2009-1.742
2008-3.845
2007-2.431
20060.724
2005-0.87
2004-2.393

Source

Published by International Monetary Fund, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: IMF Terms and Conditions. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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International Monetary Fund (2026). Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) (IMF). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/imf-primary-net-lending-borrowing-also-referred-as (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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