Maldives vs North America: Net incurrence of liabilities, total
Net incurrence of liabilities, total over time
- Maldives
- North America
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 14.9% against 6.9% in North America, a difference of 8.0%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 2.2 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 3rd and North America ranks 3rd of 136 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.3% | 2.3% | 4.0% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 5.7% | 3.6% | 2.1% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 5.5% | 1.6% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 19.5% | 14.5% | 5.0% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher net incurrence of liabilities, total, Maldives or North America?
- Maldives, at 14.9% against 6.9% in North America as of 2021.
- What is the difference in net incurrence of liabilities, total between Maldives and North America?
- 8.0%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and North America?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2021.
- How do Maldives and North America rank globally for net incurrence of liabilities, total?
- Maldives ranks 3rd and North America ranks 3rd of 136 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets. 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.