Samoa vs Vanuatu: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-)

Samoa
125.16 million current LCU
in 2023
Vanuatu
943.13 million current LCU
in 2023
Samoa rank
31st
Vanuatu rank
28th

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

  • Samoa
  • Vanuatu
-5.0B05.0B199020062023

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 943.13 million current LCU against 125.16 million current LCU in Samoa, a difference of 817.97 million current LCU.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 7.5 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Samoa ahead.

Globally, Samoa ranks 31st and Vanuatu ranks 28th 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.