Australia | Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)
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. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source
Australia | Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1.90136261 1972
0.60016058 1973
1.74778834 1974
0.09683531 1975
-1.82007967 1976
-1.23073085 1977
-1.85897314 1978
-1.75914308 1979
-0.93825216 1980
-0.07482377 1981
0.24736007 1982
-1.71583638 1983
-3.21265783 1984
-2.4968683 1985
-1.91476883 1986
-0.78364815 1987
0.53116104 1988
1.67212002 1989
1.65581487 1990
0.09318094 1991
-2.73370961 1992
-3.82287195 1993
-3.64350605 1994
-3.22317816 1995
-1.73393904 1996
-0.40293534 1997
1.99086959 1998
0.55193975 1999
2.0091327 2000
0.88506959 2001
-0.44048088 2002
0.80312984 2003
0.81160621 2004
1.24913285 2005
1.72251484 2006
1.63017677 2007
1.9026321 2008
-2.44006656 2009
-4.01891779 2010
-3.78493372 2011
-3.13815086 2012
-1.48232945 2013
-2.20879605 2014
-2.61058278 2015
-2.33523174 2016
-1.75323324 2017
-0.49405593 2018
-0.14081748 2019
-4.96443108 2020
-6.8499656 2021
-1.34946497 2022
Australia | Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)
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. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source