Financial indicators dashboard: Government

This dashboard presents a set of annual financial indicators for the economy as a whole (‘total economy’) and for each institutional sector of the economy: non-financial corporations, financial corporations, general government, households and Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households (NPISH). It provides users with key indicators of the financial health of economies and their sectors. The indicators are calculated from the financial accounts (flows) and balance sheets (stocks), which are compiled in accordance with the 2008 System of National Accounts. The information buttons in the tables provide further details about each of the indicators, including definitions and formulas.




For indicators of debt, the measure used is the broadest measure of debt which may include the following financial liabilities (although coverage varies by sector and by country): Special Drawing Rights, currency and deposits, debt securities (at market value), loans, insurance, pensions and standardised guarantees, and other accounts payable. The ‘adjusted’ measure of debt – as well as of net financial worth – excludes unfunded pension liabilities. As financial liability coverage varies between countries, users should proceed with caution when comparing different countries.




This table is on a consolidated basis, meaning that counterpart assets and liabilities of units within the same sector are removed. The exception is data for Chile, Colombia, Korea and Mexico which is on a non-consolidated basis, meaning that it shows all assets and liabilities of units in a sector without removing counterpart assets and liabilities of units within the same sector.