Serbia - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Serbia was 11,074,150,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37,892,710,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of -218,263,000,000 in 2012.

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
2007 -21,212,500,000
2008 -46,008,530,000
2009 -75,663,100,000
2010 -115,415,000,000
2011 -142,032,000,000
2012 -218,263,000,000
2013 -180,187,000,000
2014 -193,568,000,000
2015 -125,082,000,000
2016 -41,457,660,000
2017 37,892,710,000
2018 32,463,540,000
2019 11,074,150,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Serbia was 0.204 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 0.796 in 2017, while its lowest value was -5.729 in 2012.

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
2007 -0.841
2008 -1.582
2009 -2.479
2010 -3.551
2011 -3.932
2012 -5.729
2013 -4.372
2014 -4.652
2015 -2.899
2016 -0.916
2017 0.796
2018 0.640
2019 0.204

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance