India - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in India was -4,353,140,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,920,000,000 in 1977 and a minimum value of -4,567,250,000,000 in 2013.

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
1974 -680,000,000
1975 1,280,000,000
1976 1,180,000,000
1977 1,920,000,000
1978 -1,210,000,000
1979 -11,210,000,000
1980 -14,760,000,000
1981 -8,670,000,000
1982 -15,200,000,000
1983 -28,760,000,000
1984 -50,470,000,000
1985 -64,660,000,000
1986 -93,010,000,000
1987 -111,390,000,000
1988 -131,560,000,000
1989 -135,440,000,000
1990 -195,090,000,000
1991 -148,970,000,000
1992 -175,580,000,000
1993 -342,020,000,000
1994 -247,020,000,000
1995 -262,900,000,000
1996 -281,570,000,000
1997 -431,180,000,000
1998 -585,370,000,000
1999 -652,360,000,000
2000 -815,360,000,000
2001 -1,006,680,000,000
2002 -1,161,970,000,000
2003 -957,850,000,000
2004 -1,037,520,000,000
2005 -1,173,710,000,000
2006 -963,260,000,000
2007 -234,700,000,000
2008 -2,741,960,000,000
2009 -3,510,140,000,000
2010 -2,657,240,000,000
2011 -2,801,300,000,000
2012 -3,743,400,000,000
2013 -4,567,250,000,000
2014 -4,048,890,000,000
2015 -3,822,810,000,000
2016 -3,722,500,000,000
2017 -4,365,250,000,000
2018 -4,353,140,000,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in India was -2.305 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 0.185 in 1977, while its lowest value was -5.514 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
1974 -0.086
1975 0.150
1976 0.129
1977 0.185
1978 -0.107
1979 -0.907
1980 -1.004
1981 -0.502
1982 -0.787
1983 -1.278
1984 -2.001
1985 -2.272
1986 -2.921
1987 -3.078
1988 -3.064
1989 -2.746
1990 -3.386
1991 -2.249
1992 -2.307
1993 -3.904
1994 -2.404
1995 -2.181
1996 -2.019
1997 -2.790
1998 -3.303
1999 -3.281
2000 -3.810
2001 -4.348
2002 -4.662
2003 -3.430
2004 -3.256
2005 -3.231
2006 -2.264
2007 -0.479
2008 -4.973
2009 -5.514
2010 -3.481
2011 -3.206
2012 -3.764
2013 -4.066
2014 -3.247
2015 -2.776
2016 -2.419
2017 -2.554
2018 -2.305

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance