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Papua New Guinea: Net lending/borrowing (also referred as overall balance) (IMF)

-0.02percent · 2031+99.7% since 2021

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 Papua New Guinea from 1990 to 2031.

19922031

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2031-0.02projection
20300.01projection
2029-0.01projection
2028-0.027projection
20270.014projection
2026-1.056
2025-2.11
2024-3.312
2023-4.343
2022-5.253
2021-6.843
2020-8.852
2019-4.976
2018-2.58
2017-2.475
2016-4.746
2015-4.55
2014-6.265
2013-6.87
2012-1.19
20112.215
20103.062
2009-5.483
20082.734
20076.899
20065.337
20052.849
20042.025
20030.188
2002-1.75
2001-1.329
20000.304
1999-1.936
1998-0.165
19970.673
19962.055
19951.077
1994-1.009
1993-4.905
1992-4.333
1991-0.623
1990-2.035

Source

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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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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