Samoa vs World: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-)
Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) over time
- Samoa
- World
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 4.4% against -4.4% in World, a difference of 8.8%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2012 it was World ahead.
Samoa ranks 11th and World ranks 14th 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.