Costa Rica vs Ecuador: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-)

Costa Rica
-0.5%
in 2024
Ecuador
-0.0%
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
41st
Ecuador rank
39th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Ecuador
-7.5-5-2.502.5197319982024

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports -0.0% against -0.5% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 41st and Ecuador ranks 39th of 156 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Ecuador Difference Ahead
2010s -4.1% -6.8% 2.7% Costa Rica
2020s -2.7% -3.5% 0.8% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net lending (+) / net borrowing (-), Costa Rica or Ecuador?
Ecuador, at -0.0% against -0.5% in Costa Rica as of 2022.
What is the difference in net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) between Costa Rica and Ecuador?
0.5%, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ecuador?
6 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and Ecuador rank globally for net lending (+) / net borrowing (-)?
Costa Rica ranks 41st and Ecuador ranks 39th of 156 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
182 places, 5,229 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 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.