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

-9.59Bcurrent LCU · 2024-105.5% 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 in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units. Reported as: -. Annual figures for Finland from 1972 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
2024-9,591,000,000
2023-5,163,000,000
2022-102,000,000
2021-5,777,000,000
2020-13,008,000,000
2019754,000,000
2018-16,000,000
2017-997,000,000
2016-2,801,000,000
2015-3,806,000,000
2014-4,668,000,000
2013-3,714,000,000
2012-2,213,000,000
2011-966,000,000
2010-4,458,000,000
2009-3,381,000,000
20088,877,000,000
20079,901,000,000
20067,442,000,000
20055,566,000,000
20044,747,000,000
20034,723,000,000
20026,584,000,000
20017,819,000,000
20009,097,000,000
19992,342,000,000
19982,286,000,000
1997-757,000,000
1996-4,265,000,000
1995-7,139,000,000
1994-8,290,319,271.141
1993-8,878,977,013.756
1992-6,930,351,697.773
1991-4,357,917,362.544
1990914,101,380.318
19892,011,863,976.333
1988880,463,795.026
1987-704,707,411.874
1986506,750,222.429
1985-68,116,110.217
1984-216,626,049.282
1983-1,067,152,393.398
1982-437,120,420.874
1981111,340,407.318
1980-151,032,757.962
1979-316,529,677.601
1978-35,992,216.263
1977328,302,832.453
1976547,619,888.559
197530,273,826.763
1974376,068,203.568
1973545,433,445.515
1972264,391,420.397

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-lending-net-borrowing (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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