Net lending (+) / net borrowing

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: -.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
158
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    International Monetary Fund

    Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Albania2024-26.12Bcurrent LCU
Andorra202484.33Mcurrent LCU
Angola2024-1.35Tcurrent LCU
Argentina2024449.43Bcurrent LCU
Armenia2024-369.71Bcurrent LCU
Austria2024-17.68Bcurrent LCU
Azerbaijan20244.96Bcurrent LCU
Bahamas2024-194.07Mcurrent LCU
Belarus20243.24Bcurrent LCU
Belgium2024-16.50Bcurrent LCU

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