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United Arab Emirates: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)

0.39percent · 2024+576.5% 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 United Arab Emirates from 1997 to 2024.

19972024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.388
20230.746
20220.087
20210.723
20201.524
20191.01
20180.304
20170.176
20160.114
2015-0.006
2014-0.081
20130.217
2012-0.182
20110.072
19990.059
19980.031
19970.332

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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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 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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