Canada - Net incurrence of liabilities

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) in Canada was 27,946,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 93,997,000,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of -18,091,000,000 in 2004.

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
1995 35,890,000,000
1996 23,876,000,000
1997 2,016,000,000
1998 733,000,000
1999 12,446,000,000
2000 -14,926,000,000
2001 17,699,000,000
2002 -10,233,000,000
2003 2,840,000,000
2004 -18,091,000,000
2005 24,349,000,000
2006 -7,620,000,000
2007 -17,995,000,000
2008 93,997,000,000
2009 81,183,000,000
2010 50,367,000,000
2011 43,934,000,000
2012 54,905,000,000
2013 22,742,000,000
2014 -10,488,000,000
2015 66,896,000,000
2016 -13,713,000,000
2017 25,965,000,000
2018 -4,563,000,000
2019 27,946,000,000

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP)

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP) in Canada was 1.21 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 5.67 in 2008, while its lowest value was -1.35 in 2004.

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
1995 4.33
1996 2.79
1997 0.22
1998 0.08
1999 1.23
2000 -1.35
2001 1.55
2002 -0.86
2003 0.23
2004 -1.35
2005 1.71
2006 -0.51
2007 -1.14
2008 5.67
2009 5.17
2010 3.02
2011 2.48
2012 3.00
2013 1.20
2014 -0.53
2015 3.36
2016 -0.68
2017 1.21
2018 -0.20
2019 1.21

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance