Barbados vs El Salvador: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-)

Barbados
-471.26 million current LCU
in 2016
El Salvador
-718.10 million current LCU
in 2024
Barbados rank
53rd
El Salvador rank
55th

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) over time

  • Barbados
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports -471.26 million current LCU against -718.10 million current LCU in El Salvador, a difference of 246.84 million current LCU.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Barbados ahead.

Globally, Barbados ranks 53rd and El Salvador ranks 55th of 156 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (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
156 places, 4,460 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

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 in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.