The Bahamas - Net lending

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

The value for Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) in The Bahamas was -219,311,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19,435,000 in 2000 and a minimum value of -660,726,800 in 2017.

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
1990 -58,900,000
1991 -78,100,000
1992 -56,900,000
1993 -50,500,000
1994 4,400,000
1995 11,200,000
1996 -33,200,000
1997 -99,791,000
1998 -45,901,000
1999 -15,329,000
2000 19,435,000
2001 -35,700,000
2002 -129,276,000
2003 -165,700,000
2004 -174,534,000
2005 -109,099,000
2006 -43,864,000
2007 -80,341,000
2008 -87,152,000
2009 -244,859,000
2010 -398,175,300
2011 -389,581,900
2012 -446,122,300
2013 -540,304,100
2014 -487,565,700
2015 -383,327,500
2016 -309,982,200
2017 -660,726,800
2018 -414,887,000
2019 -219,311,000

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

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) in The Bahamas was -1.666 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 0.327 in 1995, while its lowest value was -5.346 in 2017.

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
1990 -1.860
1991 -2.510
1992 -1.830
1993 -1.633
1994 0.135
1995 0.327
1996 -0.920
1997 -1.576
1998 -0.672
1999 -0.199
2000 0.241
2001 -0.429
2002 -1.456
2003 -1.868
2004 -1.927
2005 -1.109
2006 -0.431
2007 -0.757
2008 -0.828
2009 -2.453
2010 -3.944
2011 -3.869
2012 -4.161
2013 -5.148
2014 -4.376
2015 -3.224
2016 -2.585
2017 -5.346
2018 -3.232
2019 -1.666

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance