Overall budget balance, including grants in Liberia

Liberia: Overall budget balance, including grants was -3.39 billion current LCU in 2008. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2008)
-3.39 billion current LCU
Change on year
down 595.3%
World rank
20th
of 51 countries
All-time high
1.08 billion current LCU
in 2006
All-time low
-3.39 billion current LCU
in 2008
Years of data
8
2001–2008

Overall budget balance, including grants in Liberia, 2001–2008

-3.0B-2.0B-1.0B01.0B2001200420082001: -189.5M current LCU2002: -359.5M current LCU2003: 140.9M current LCU2004: -218.6M current LCU2005: 438.9M current LCU2006: 1.1B current LCU2007: 683.5M current LCU2008: -3.4B current LCU

Source: World Bank country economists. Measured in current LCU.

Analysis

In 2008, overall budget balance, including grants in Liberia stood at -3.39 billion current LCU. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.

That represents a change of down 595.3% on the previous year and down 1,686.9% over ten years.

That places Liberia 20th out of 51 countries with data for 2008, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Liberia

  1. 17 Eswatini -1.82 billion current LCU compare
  2. 18 Lesotho -1.90 billion current LCU compare
  3. 19 Djibouti -3.25 billion current LCU compare
  4. 21 Tunisia -3.47 billion current LCU compare
  5. 22 Eritrea -4.45 billion current LCU compare
  6. 23 Sudan -5.86 billion current LCU compare

See the full ranking of 51 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is overall budget balance, including grants in Liberia?
Overall budget balance, including grants in Liberia was -3.39 billion current LCU in 2008, according to World Bank country economists.
What is the highest overall budget balance, including grants recorded in Liberia?
The highest recorded value was 1.08 billion current LCU in 2006.
What is the lowest overall budget balance, including grants recorded in Liberia?
The lowest recorded value was -3.39 billion current LCU in 2008.
How does Liberia rank for overall budget balance, including grants?
Liberia ranks 20th out of 51 countries with data for 2008.
Is overall budget balance, including grants rising or falling in Liberia?
Over the last ten years it is down 1,686.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Liberia data come from?
The figures come from World Bank country economists, published as part of Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,403 data points, 1965–2011
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Overall budget deficit is current and capital revenue and official grants received, less total expenditure and lending minus repayments. Data are shown for central government only, and are in current local currency.