Solomon Islands - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in Solomon Islands was 686,326,300 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,132,180,000 in 2011 and a minimum value of 686,326,300 in 2016.

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
2011 1,132,180,000
2012 1,010,571,000
2013 948,875,900
2014 858,979,600
2015 697,458,800
2016 686,326,300

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in Solomon Islands was 6.26 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 5 years was 14.11 in 2011, while its lowest value was 6.26 in 2016.

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
2011 14.11
2012 11.54
2013 10.11
2014 8.72
2015 6.74
2016 6.26

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance