Switzerland - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in Switzerland was 130,547,000,000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 152,736,000,000 in 2005 and a minimum value of 45,504,930,000 in 1990.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

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

Year Value
1990 45,504,930,000
1991 50,299,720,000
1992 59,955,620,000
1993 74,194,700,000
1994 82,718,530,000
1995 93,856,380,000
1996 96,283,030,000
1997 106,630,000,000
1998 119,378,000,000
1999 111,892,000,000
2000 121,005,000,000
2001 118,779,000,000
2002 142,770,000,000
2003 139,909,000,000
2004 147,035,000,000
2005 152,736,000,000
2006 142,385,000,000
2007 138,291,000,000
2008 141,952,000,000
2009 131,076,000,000
2010 131,270,000,000
2011 134,642,000,000
2012 136,871,000,000
2013 131,828,000,000
2014 136,764,000,000
2015 136,660,000,000
2016 130,547,000,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in Switzerland was 19.05 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 29.53 in 2002, while its lowest value was 12.31 in 1990.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 12.31
1991 13.03
1992 15.22
1993 18.43
1994 20.05
1995 22.48
1996 22.88
1997 24.90
1998 27.10
1999 24.95
2000 25.60
2001 24.50
2002 29.53
2003 28.61
2004 29.16
2005 29.17
2006 25.59
2007 23.34
2008 22.98
2009 21.58
2010 20.86
2011 21.00
2012 21.09
2013 19.95
2014 20.33
2015 20.22
2016 19.05

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance