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

-1.91percent · 2024+28.5% since 2014

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. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Reported as: -. Annual figures for Ethiopia from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2024-1.909
2023-2.305
2022-3.979
2021-2.714
2020-1.823
2019-2.75
2018-4.043
2017-4.618
2016-3.672
2015-3.123
2014-2.669
2013-1.543
20120.679
2011-1.35
2010-2.734
2009-2.223
2008-1.922
2007-2.758
2006-4.209
2005-4.477
2004-3.322
2003-5.519
2002-7.459
2001-4.202
1999-4.1
1998-2.977
1997-1.111
1996-1.603
1995-3.025
1994-5.062
1993-3.659
1992-4.624
1991-5.73
1990-6.432

Source

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World Bank (2026). Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-lending-net-borrowing-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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