Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)
Compare net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of gdp) across 88 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2024.
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Key Insights
- •88 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
- •Nauru has the highest published value (15.1336 %).
- •Ukraine has the lowest published value (-17.7526 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: -1.8%)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
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. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Values use one fixed 2024 reference year from World Development Indicators series GC.NLD.TOTL.GD.ZS. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.
Methodology
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. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nauru | 15.1% |
| 2 | Norway | 13.6% |
| 3 | Lesotho | 7.2% |
| 4 | Macao | 7.0% |
| 5 | Ireland | 4.4% |
| 6 | Denmark | 4.2% |
| 7 | Cyprus | 4.2% |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 3.9% |
| 9 | Singapore | 3.4% |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.2% |
| 11 | Nicaragua | 2.3% |
| 12 | Andorra | 2.3% |
| 13 | Mongolia | 1.8% |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 1.6% |
| 15 | Belarus | 1.3% |
| 16 | Greece | 1.2% |
| 17 | Lebanon | 1.2% |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 0.8% |
| 19 | Switzerland | 0.5% |
| 20 | Portugal | 0.4% |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4% |
| 22 | Somalia | 0.2% |
| 23 | Argentina | 0.1% |
| 24 | Tajikistan | -0.2% |
| 25 | Costa Rica | -0.5% |
| 26 | Slovenia | -0.6% |
| 27 | Netherlands | -0.6% |
| 28 | Sweden | -0.7% |
| 29 | Guatemala | -0.9% |
| 30 | Albania | -1.0% |
| 31 | Canada | -1.2% |
| 32 | Bahamas | -1.2% |
| 33 | Lithuania | -1.3% |
| 34 | Angola | -1.3% |
| 35 | Estonia | -1.3% |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.5% |
| 37 | Thailand | -1.5% |
| 38 | Germany | -1.7% |
| 39 | South Korea | -1.8% |
| 40 | Madagascar | -1.9% |
| 41 | Ethiopia | -1.9% |
| 42 | Solomon Islands | -1.9% |
| 43 | Latvia | -2.0% |
| 44 | El Salvador | -2.1% |
| 45 | Paraguay | -2.1% |
| 46 | Georgia | -2.1% |
| 47 | Fiji | -2.2% |
| 48 | New Zealand | -2.3% |
| 49 | United Republic of Tanzania | -2.4% |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | -2.5% |
| 51 | Bulgaria | -2.6% |
| 52 | Belgium | -2.7% |
| 53 | Czech Republic | -2.8% |
| 54 | Chile | -2.8% |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | -2.9% |
| 56 | Türkiye | -3.0% |
| 57 | Uruguay | -3.1% |
| 58 | Spain | -3.2% |
| 59 | Zambia | -3.2% |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | -3.3% |
| 61 | Italy | -3.4% |
| 62 | Finland | -3.5% |
| 63 | Malta | -3.5% |
| 64 | Austria | -3.6% |
| 65 | Armenia | -3.6% |
| 66 | Malaysia | -4.1% |
| 67 | Mozambique | -4.3% |
| 68 | Uganda | -4.3% |
| 69 | The Republic of North Macedonia | -4.3% |
| 70 | Hungary | -4.5% |
| 71 | Colombia | -4.6% |
| 72 | Namibia | -4.7% |
| 73 | South Africa | -4.8% |
| 74 | France | -5.2% |
| 75 | Burkina Faso | -5.4% |
| 76 | Slovakia | -5.4% |
| 77 | Philippines | -5.7% |
| 78 | Brazil | -5.7% |
| 79 | Mexico | -5.9% |
| 80 | United Kingdom | -6.9% |
| 81 | United States of America | -7.2% |
| 82 | Guinea-Bissau | -8.0% |
| 83 | Mauritius | -8.1% |
| 84 | Israel | -8.2% |
| 85 | Panama | -8.2% |
| 86 | Romania | -8.8% |
| 87 | Malawi | -11.8% |
| 88 | Ukraine | -17.8% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).
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