Seychelles - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Seychelles was 700,799,100 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 742,857,900 in 2012 and a minimum value of -488,100,000 in 2000.

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
1985 -75,300,000
1986 -148,100,000
1987 10,600,000
1988 31,900,000
1989 12,000,000
1993 -119,600,000
1994 -37,000,000
1995 -104,300,000
1996 -331,100,000
1997 -392,100,000
1998 -479,000,000
1999 -371,400,000
2000 -488,100,000
2005 359,673,300
2006 126,572,000
2007 -349,616,700
2008 667,105,900
2009 388,526,900
2010 122,922,400
2011 728,856,600
2012 742,857,900
2013 377,236,400
2014 260,630,300
2015 196,032,700
2016 -80,870,030
2017 113,397,000
2018 700,799,100

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Seychelles was 3.25 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 33 years was 7.29 in 2008, while its lowest value was -14.96 in 1998.

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
1985 -6.25
1986 -11.54
1987 0.76
1988 2.09
1989 0.70
1993 -4.87
1994 -1.50
1995 -4.31
1996 -13.24
1997 -13.86
1998 -14.96
1999 -11.16
2000 -13.89
2005 7.12
2006 2.26
2007 -5.05
2008 7.29
2009 3.37
2010 1.05
2011 5.52
2012 5.12
2013 2.36
2014 1.52
2015 1.07
2016 -0.43
2017 0.54
2018 3.25

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance