Belize - Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) in Belize was 63,644,000 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 363,923,000 in 2004 and a minimum value of -185,318,000 in 2005.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 18,854,000
1991 23,201,000
1992 55,885,000
1993 55,693,000
1994 35,304,000
1995 38,048,000
1996 56,897,000
1997 -951,000
1998 10,736,000
1999 47,987,000
2000 201,577,000
2001 85,219,000
2002 136,280,000
2003 219,676,000
2004 363,923,000
2005 -185,318,000
2006 56,649,000
2007 39,695,000
2008 -15,352,000
2009 19,875,000
2010 102,289,000
2011 63,644,000

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance