Lesotho vs Switzerland: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-)

Lesotho
3.17 billion current LCU
in 2024
Switzerland
4.20 billion current LCU
in 2024
Lesotho rank
23rd
Switzerland rank
21st

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

  • Lesotho
  • Switzerland
-15.0B-10.0B-5.0B05.0B197219982024

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 4.20 billion current LCU against 3.17 billion current LCU in Lesotho, a difference of 1.02 billion current LCU.

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

The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Lesotho ahead.

Globally, Lesotho ranks 23rd and Switzerland ranks 21st 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.