Government Finance Statistics present the accounts of the General Government sector of the national accounts, which provide insight into the economic performance of central, state and local governments and social security funds.
The OECD publishes tables bringing together Government Finance Statistics compiled by national authorities in line with the international standards of the 2008 System of National Accounts (SNA). These provide up-to-date estimates, for OECD (and some non-OECD) countries’ governments, of taxes and social security contributions; total revenue and expenditure; net lending or borrowing (surplus or deficit); and General Government financial accounts (flows) and financial balance sheets (stocks).
Data on Public Sector Debt, also in line with the 2008 SNA, is for the whole of the public sector which includes financial and non-financial public corporations as well as General Government. The OECD’s quarterly tables present estimates of gross debt broken down by type of liability (such as debt securities, loans, insurance, pensions and standardised guarantees), by maturity, by residence of the creditor and by whether the debt is denominated in domestic or foreign currency. The Public Sector Debt tables show results in nominal values, whereas the General Government financial balance sheets in Government Finance Statistics use market values.
