Ireland vs United Arab Emirates: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-)

Ireland
24.80 billion current LCU
in 2024
United Arab Emirates
7.87 billion current LCU
in 2024
Ireland rank
16th
United Arab Emirates rank
18th

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

  • Ireland
  • United Arab Emirates
-60.0B-40.0B-20.0B020.0B197219982024

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 24.80 billion current LCU against 7.87 billion current LCU in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 16.93 billion current LCU.

That makes Ireland's figure about 3.1 times United Arab Emirates's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Ireland ahead.

Globally, Ireland ranks 16th and United Arab Emirates ranks 18th 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.