South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP)
Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities. 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.
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The World Bank
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South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
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South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP)
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1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974 2.88745443
1975 3.90201199
1976 4.14435273
1977 3.83086441
1978 4.40040808
1979 4.18979337
1980 5.02302184
1981 4.5521499
1982 4.76780462
1983 4.645134
1984 4.96970022
1985 5.5487201
1986 5.6205761
1987 4.62659105
1988 4.40280146
1989 4.58869395
1990 4.1692408
1991 3.18848956
1992 2.72830494
1993 3.00581145
1994 2.9759756
1995 2.83495926
1996 2.6512608
1997 1.90760336
1998 1.79430769
1999 1.94172553
2000 1.50940921
2001 1.72912666
2002 0.51555673
2003 -0.32205155
2004 1.79897968
2005 1.08259819
2006 0.29049853
2007 1.67823707
2008 -0.00401324
2009 0.7749249
2010 1.03155933
2011 0.92152662
2012 0.8941004
2013 1.24511796
2014 0.74656416
2015 1.03514026
2016 0.88299359
2017 0.7935326
2018 0.68743071
2019
2020
2021
2022
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP)
Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities. 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source