Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source
Euro area | Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
0.83909848 1972
0.37857915 1973
-0.36805591 1974
-2.8646925 1975
-1.83552445 1976
-1.57737553 1977
-2.25153176 1978
-2.44008919 1979
-2.57934351 1980
-2.23733748 1981
-2.89104051 1982
-2.80269215 1983
-2.71899442 1984
-2.64112315 1985
-3.92553198 1986
-4.10977808 1987
-3.17622793 1988
-2.60003595 1989
-1.94894495 1990
-2.40168347 1991
-2.76943987 1992
-3.9528555 1993
-3.64938973 1994
-6.52845142 1995
-3.66391924 1996
-2.50504068 1997
-2.05686216 1998
-1.39565644 1999
-1.08429047 2000
-1.46341547 2001
-2.10122627 2002
-2.58939338 2003
-2.38315634 2004
-2.43367862 2005
-1.50392422 2006
-0.90300296 2007
-1.54569909 2008
-4.81862526 2009
-5.17319127 2010
-3.21126369 2011
-3.47013925 2012
-2.77270195 2013
-2.28678531 2014
-1.94350541 2015
-1.67139176 2016
-1.26352551 2017
-0.75963316 2018
-0.79827069 2019
-6.79582144 2020
-5.21578575 2021
2022

Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source