Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Saint Lucia: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
-53.70 million current LCU
in 2020
Saint Lucia
-46.50 million current LCU
in 2017
Saint Kitts and Nevis rank
46th
Saint Lucia rank
44th

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

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
-200.0M0200.0M199020052020

How they compare

Saint Lucia currently reports -46.50 million current LCU against -53.70 million current LCU in Saint Kitts and Nevis, a difference of 7.20 million current LCU.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Saint Lucia ahead.

Globally, Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 46th and Saint Lucia ranks 44th 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.