Botswana - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Botswana was -7,585,794,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,388,810,000 in 2006 and a minimum value of -9,262,661,000 in 2018.

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
1990 1,345,920,000
1991 1,347,700,000
1992 1,384,400,000
1993 1,405,000,000
1994 407,300,000
1995 654,900,000
1996 1,573,100,000
2006 7,388,810,000
2007 3,502,810,000
2008 -4,892,480,000
2009 -8,906,950,000
2010 -6,551,760,000
2011 -427,500,000
2012 1,269,817,000
2013 6,801,609,000
2014 5,249,330,000
2015 -4,580,020,000
2016 574,360,000
2017 -1,896,933,000
2018 -9,262,661,000
2019 -7,585,794,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Botswana was -4.25 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 19.08 in 1990, while its lowest value was -12.12 in 2009.

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
1990 19.08
1991 16.91
1992 15.83
1993 13.94
1994 3.56
1995 4.99
1996 9.76
2006 12.50
2007 5.22
2008 -6.55
2009 -12.12
2010 -7.54
2011 -0.41
2012 1.16
2013 5.43
2014 3.74
2015 -3.33
2016 0.35
2017 -1.14
2018 -5.37
2019 -4.25

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance