Barbados - Net incurrence of liabilities

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) in Barbados was 464,422,200 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,064,639,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 66,842,000 in 2003.

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
2003 66,842,000
2005 243,522,000
2006 90,592,070
2007 1,064,292,000
2008 642,711,700
2009 958,055,100
2010 917,475,500
2011 672,447,700
2012 1,064,639,000
2013 877,258,000
2014 930,408,900
2015 999,907,600
2016 464,422,200

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP)

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP) in Barbados was 4.81 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 13 years was 11.55 in 2012, while its lowest value was 1.04 in 2003.

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
2003 1.04
2005 3.19
2006 1.07
2007 11.39
2008 6.72
2009 10.73
2010 10.13
2011 7.22
2012 11.55
2013 9.38
2014 9.91
2015 10.60
2016 4.81

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance