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Solomon Islands - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in Solomon Islands was -307,588,500 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 9 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 499,382,900 in 2011 and a minimum value of -390,137,100 in 2016.

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
2011	499,382,900
2012	403,913,300
2013	335,286,700
2014	209,513,800
2015	83,686,070
2016	-390,137,100
2017	-263,327,500
2018	191,099,100
2019	-201,698,000
2020	-307,588,500

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in Solomon Islands was -2.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 6.22 in 2011, while its lowest value was -3.56 in 2016.

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

Year	Value
2011	6.22
2012	4.61
2013	3.57
2014	2.13
2015	0.81
2016	-3.56
2017	-2.25
2018	1.53
2019	-1.57
2020	-2.42

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance