Lesotho vs Malta: Central government debt, total

Lesotho
1.01 billion current LCU
in 2020
Malta
791.03 million current LCU
in 1994
Lesotho rank
78th
Malta rank
79th

Central government debt, total over time

  • Lesotho
  • Malta
05.0B10.0B15.0B199020052020

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 1.01 billion current LCU against 791.03 million current LCU in Malta, a difference of 220.57 million current LCU.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.3 times Malta's.

Globally, Lesotho ranks 78th and Malta ranks 79th of 83 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Central government debt, total (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
83 places, 1,590 data points, 1970–2024
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Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.