Norway - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Norway was 252,737,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 512,820,000,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of -19,966,000,000 in 1993.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1972 3,239,000,000
1973 4,518,000,000
1974 4,472,000,000
1975 3,621,000,000
1976 2,187,000,000
1977 501,000,000
1978 -2,136,000,000
1979 -480,000,000
1980 9,747,000,000
1981 17,686,000,000
1982 15,690,000,000
1983 23,023,000,000
1984 26,931,000,000
1985 40,377,000,000
1986 40,822,000,000
1987 26,527,000,000
1988 20,414,000,000
1989 10,763,000,000
1990 13,742,000,000
1991 2,931,000,000
1992 -19,408,000,000
1993 -19,966,000,000
1994 -7,614,000,000
1995 30,666,000,000
1996 66,672,000,000
1997 86,377,000,000
1998 52,785,000,000
1999 83,695,000,000
2000 232,165,000,000
2001 217,369,000,000
2002 140,279,000,000
2003 132,843,000,000
2004 204,044,000,000
2005 294,132,000,000
2006 398,938,000,000
2007 412,213,000,000
2008 512,820,000,000
2009 272,789,000,000
2010 304,712,000,000
2011 392,240,000,000
2012 424,660,000,000
2013 351,563,000,000
2014 294,812,000,000
2015 197,370,000,000
2016 138,776,000,000
2017 176,947,000,000
2018 295,286,000,000
2019 252,737,000,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Norway was 7.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 19.67 in 2008, while its lowest value was -2.39 in 1992.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1972 2.83
1973 3.48
1974 2.97
1975 2.11
1976 1.12
1977 0.23
1978 -0.88
1979 -0.18
1980 3.06
1981 4.85
1982 3.88
1983 5.12
1984 5.32
1985 7.18
1986 7.02
1987 4.18
1988 3.07
1989 1.52
1990 1.83
1991 0.37
1992 -2.39
1993 -2.33
1994 -0.85
1995 3.18
1996 6.32
1997 7.57
1998 4.54
1999 6.61
2000 15.40
2001 13.90
2002 8.99
2003 8.20
2004 11.44
2005 14.78
2006 18.00
2007 17.54
2008 19.67
2009 11.23
2010 11.76
2011 14.05
2012 14.33
2013 11.45
2014 9.39
2015 6.34
2016 4.48
2017 5.37
2018 8.31
2019 7.09

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance