Costa Rica vs Serbia: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-)

Costa Rica
-252.19 billion current LCU
in 2024
Serbia
-228.05 billion current LCU
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
118th
Serbia rank
117th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Serbia
-2.0T-1.5T-1.0T-500.0B0197319982024

How they compare

Serbia currently reports -228.05 billion current LCU against -252.19 billion current LCU in Costa Rica, a difference of 24.14 billion current LCU.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Globally, Costa Rica ranks 118th and Serbia ranks 117th 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.