Congo vs East Timor: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-)
Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) over time
- Congo
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 1.6% against 1.3% in Congo, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes East Timor's figure about 1.2 times Congo's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2010 it was East Timor ahead.
Globally, Congo ranks 23rd and East Timor ranks 21st of 156 countries.
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About this data
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 as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.