Lebanon - Net incurrence of liabilities

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) in Lebanon was 9,508,500,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,508,500,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 2,443,080,000,000 in 2011.

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
1997 3,438,200,000,000
1998 4,671,980,000,000
1999 5,894,070,000,000
2000 5,880,400,000,000
2001 4,817,100,000,000
2002 3,983,900,000,000
2003 3,618,000,000,000
2004 3,586,400,000,000
2005 3,766,510,000,000
2006 2,597,640,000,000
2007 2,452,010,000,000
2008 7,502,300,000,000
2009 6,258,820,000,000
2010 2,696,300,000,000
2011 2,443,080,000,000
2012 6,328,720,000,000
2013 8,838,030,000,000
2014 5,350,820,000,000
2015 6,118,150,000,000
2016 6,809,030,000,000
2017 6,564,100,000,000
2018 8,487,600,000,000
2019 9,508,500,000,000

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP)

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP) in Lebanon was 11.78 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 22.60 in 2000, while its lowest value was 4.06 in 2011.

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
1997 14.18
1998 17.87
1999 22.48
2000 22.60
2001 18.10
2002 13.80
2003 11.95
2004 11.24
2005 11.62
2006 7.82
2007 6.55
2008 17.09
2009 11.73
2010 4.65
2011 4.06
2012 9.53
2013 12.50
2014 7.37
2015 8.11
2016 8.79
2017 8.17
2018 10.19
2019 11.78

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance