Switzerland - Net incurrence of liabilities

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) in Switzerland was 563,737,300 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,567,514,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of -11,484,530,000 in 2009.

Definition: Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets.

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

Year Value
2008 -4,189,915,000
2009 -11,484,530,000
2010 -685,402,600
2011 -1,594,287,000
2012 3,567,514,000
2013 -425,695,900
2014 -1,370,121,000
2015 -2,933,856,000
2016 -5,411,569,000
2017 3,396,282,000
2018 -4,325,869,000
2019 563,737,300

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP)

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP) in Switzerland was 0.078 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 0.550 in 2012, while its lowest value was -1.891 in 2009.

Definition: Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets.

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

See also:

Year Value
2008 -0.678
2009 -1.891
2010 -0.109
2011 -0.249
2012 0.550
2013 -0.064
2014 -0.204
2015 -0.434
2016 -0.790
2017 0.490
2018 -0.601
2019 0.078

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance