Nepal - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in Nepal was 403,903,000,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 403,903,000,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 54,418,100,000 in 1990.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 54,418,100,000
1991 80,361,000,000
1992 94,159,000,000
1993 111,877,000,000
1994 132,598,000,000
1995 145,058,000,000
1996 162,286,000,000
1997 167,978,000,000
1998 199,615,000,000
1999 219,136,000,000
2000 245,048,000,000
2001 260,448,000,000
2002 293,747,000,000
2003 308,079,000,000
2004 318,913,000,000
2005 305,107,000,000
2006 324,995,000,000
2007 312,810,000,000
2008 357,258,000,000
2010 403,903,000,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in Nepal was 33.86 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 66.54 in 1994, while its lowest value was 33.86 in 2010.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 52.62
1991 64.91
1992 61.66
1993 63.68
1994 66.54
1995 66.18
1996 65.20
1997 59.88
1998 66.35
1999 64.07
2000 64.57
2001 58.99
2002 63.94
2003 62.59
2004 59.42
2005 51.76
2006 49.69
2007 42.98
2008 43.80
2010 33.86

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance