Saudi Arabia - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Saudi Arabia was -132,635,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 9 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 329,339,000,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of -388,598,000,000 in 2015.

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
2010 86,987,420,000
2011 290,830,000,000
2012 329,339,000,000
2013 157,875,000,000
2014 -100,462,000,000
2015 -388,598,000,000
2016 -311,065,000,000
2017 -238,493,000,000
2018 -173,345,000,000
2019 -132,635,000,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Saudi Arabia was -4.46 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 11.93 in 2012, while its lowest value was -15.84 in 2015.

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
2010 4.39
2011 11.55
2012 11.93
2013 5.64
2014 -3.54
2015 -15.84
2016 -12.86
2017 -9.24
2018 -5.88
2019 -4.46

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance