Primary net lending (+) / net borrowing (-), General government, Percent of GDP by country
The WHD Regional Economic Outlook (REO) provides information on recent economic developments and prospects for countries in the Western Hemisphere. Data for the Western Hemisphere REO are prepared in conjunction and are consistent with the semi-annual World Economic Outlook (WEO) exercises. REO aggregate data may...
What the numbers show
Primary net lending (+) / net borrowing (-), General government, Percent of GDP is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 5.18 in Suriname; the lowest is -5.98 in Bolivia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.854, and the mean is 0.5254.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 3,529.3%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 209.5%).
Primary net lending (+) / net borrowing (-), General government: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 5.18 | 2031 | up 1,054.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Barbados | 4.15 | 2031 | up 671.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Aruba | 3.92 | 2031 | up 175.9% | volatile |
| 4 | El Salvador | 3.73 | 2031 | up 457.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Nicaragua | 3.63 | 2031 | up 3,529.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Bahamas | 3.6 | 2031 | up 144.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Argentina | 3.41 | 2031 | up 234.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Jamaica | 2.8 | 2031 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 9 | Dominica | 2.02 | 2031 | up 136.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Mexico | 2.01 | 2031 | up 242.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 1.54 | 2031 | up 659.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Grenada | 1.5 | 2031 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 1.46 | 2031 | up 734.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Saint Lucia | 1.46 | 2031 | up 167.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Panama | 1.28 | 2031 | up 128.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Belize | 1.25 | 2031 | up 167.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 2031 | up 143.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.9845 | 2031 | up 118.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Colombia | 0.7236 | 2031 | up 115.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Brazil | 0.5752 | 2031 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Puerto Rico | 0.4845 | 2031 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Uruguay | 0.3512 | 2031 | up 156.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Paraguay | 0.0742 | 2031 | up 103.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Honduras | 0.0596 | 2031 | up 103.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Peru | -0.0195 | 2031 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Guyana | -0.4762 | 2031 | up 92.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Guatemala | -0.6182 | 2031 | down 209.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Chile | -0.7685 | 2031 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Canada | -0.8469 | 2031 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Haiti | -1.08 | 2031 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Ecuador | -1.74 | 2025 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 32 | United States | -3.08 | 2031 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -3.24 | 2031 | down 148.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Venezuela | -5.06 | 2025 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -5.33 | 2031 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Bolivia | -5.98 | 2026 | down 16.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
About this data
The WHD Regional Economic Outlook (REO) provides information on recent economic developments and prospects for countries in the Western Hemisphere. Data for the Western Hemisphere REO are prepared in conjunction and are consistent with the semi-annual World Economic Outlook (WEO) exercises. REO aggregate data may differ from WEO aggregates due to differences in group membership. Composite data for country groups are weighted averages of data for individual countries. Arithmetic weighted averages are used for all concepts except for inflation and broad money, for which geometric averages are used. PPP GDP weights from the WEO database are used for the aggregation of real GDP growth, real non-oil GDP growth, real per capita GDP growth, investment, national savings, broad money, claims on the nonfinancial private sector, and real and nominal effective exchange rates. Aggregates for other concepts are weighted by GDP in U.S. dollars at market exchange rates.