Interest Payments on Government Debt
This key economic indicator for the Payments sector has been recently updated.
- In 2019, Interest Payments on Government Debt in Zambia jumped by 33.9points from a year earlier.
- Since 2014 Zambia Interest Payments on Government Debt rose 23.5points year on year totalising 44.45 Percent of Revenue.
- In 2019 Ghana was ranked number 4 in Interest Payments on Government Debt.
- In 2014 Maldives was ranked number 62 in Interest Payments on Government Debt attaining 6.63 Percent of Revenue, from 138 in 2013.
Top Countries in Interest Payments on Government Debt
# | 138 Countries | Percent of Revenue | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
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1 |
#1
Lebanon
|
50.83 % | 2019 | +1.7 % | +3.1 % | View data |
2 |
#2
Sri Lanka
|
47.47 % | 2019 | +7.6 % | +5.2 % | View data |
3 |
#3
Zambia
|
44.45 % | 2019 | +33.9 % | +23.5 % | View data |
4 |
#4
Ghana
|
37.04 % | 2019 | +11.5 % | +6.6 % | View data |
5 |
#5
Egypt
|
36.77 % | 2019 | +2.6 % | +3.7 % | View data |
6 |
#6
Barbados
|
28.05 % | 2019 | +2.3 % | +0.8 % | View data |
7 |
#7
Brazil
|
23.72 % | 2019 | -20.6 % | -2.5 % | View data |
8 |
#8
India
|
22.97 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -3.3 % | View data |
9 |
#9
Jamaica
|
20.24 % | 2019 | -1.5 % | -7.7 % | View data |
10 |
#10
Malawi
|
19.80 % | 2019 | +4.8 % | +2.4 % | View data |
11 |
#11
Kenya
|
19.28 % | 2019 | +4.9 % | +11.9 % | View data |
12 |
#12
Bangladesh
|
19.18 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.8 % | View data |
13 |
#13
Argentina
|
18.56 % | 2019 | +12.6 % | +16.8 % | View data |
14 |
#14
Dominican Republic
|
17.74 % | 2019 | +4.4 % | +2.3 % | View data |
15 |
#15
Angola
|
17.73 % | 2019 | +6.8 % | +39.8 % | View data |
16 |
#16
Costa Rica
|
16.06 % | 2019 | +19.3 % | +8.2 % | View data |
17 |
#17
United States
|
15.54 % | 2019 | +3.6 % | +3.3 % | View data |
18 |
#18
Papua New Guinea
|
15.36 % | 2019 | +16.7 % | +14.3 % | View data |
19 |
#19
Guatemala
|
14.55 % | 2019 | +7.0 % | +2.9 % | View data |
20 |
#20
Mexico
|
14.45 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | +2.9 % | View data |
21 |
#21
Saint Lucia
|
14.42 % | 2019 | +1.3 % | -1.1 % | View data |
22 |
#22
Jordan
|
14.36 % | 2019 | +15.9 % | +2.4 % | View data |
23 |
#23
Indonesia
|
14.04 % | 2019 | +5.7 % | +10.3 % | View data |
24 |
#24
Mongolia
|
13.66 % | 2019 | +24.9 % | +9.5 % | View data |
25 |
#25
Bahamas
|
13.54 % | 2019 | -11.9 % | -1.4 % | View data |
26 |
#26
Zimbabwe
|
13.47 % | 2018 | +123.6 % | NA | View data |
27 |
#27
Uganda
|
13.17 % | 2019 | -9.3 % | +5.2 % | View data |
28 |
#28
South Africa
|
12.49 % | 2019 | -1.1 % | +4.8 % | View data |
29 |
#29
Malaysia
|
12.45 % | 2019 | -5.0 % | +4.0 % | View data |
30 |
#30
Gabon
|
11.72 % | 2019 | -18.1 % | +19.5 % | View data |
31 |
#31
Ivory Coast
|
11.56 % | 2019 | +10.1 % | +19.2 % | View data |
32 |
#32
Philippines
|
11.51 % | 2019 | -6.6 % | -7.5 % | View data |
33 |
#33
Togo
|
11.50 % | 2019 | +16.1 % | +13.9 % | View data |
34 |
#34
El Salvador
|
11.44 % | 2019 | +3.6 % | -0.2 % | View data |
35 |
#35
Fiji
|
11.25 % | 2019 | +13.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
36 |
#36
Colombia
|
11.22 % | 2019 | +2.2 % | +6.3 % | View data |
37 |
#37
Tanzania
|
10.80 % | 2019 | +4.4 % | +5.1 % | View data |
38 |
#38
Japan
|
10.72 % | 2019 | -2.1 % | -4.1 % | View data |
39 |
#39
Mozambique
|
10.32 % | 2019 | -14.4 % | NA | View data |
40 |
#40
Armenia
|
9.96 % | 2019 | -2.1 % | +14.3 % | View data |
41 |
#41
Namibia
|
9.95 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +19.3 % | View data |
42 |
#42
Morocco
|
9.93 % | 2019 | +5.4 % | +0.8 % | View data |
43 |
#43
Myanmar
|
9.56 % | 2019 | -7.9 % | +9.6 % | View data |
44 |
#44
Trinidad and Tobago
|
9.47 % | 2019 | -5.4 % | +13.5 % | View data |
45 |
#45
Ukraine
|
9.39 % | 2019 | -6.9 % | +2.6 % | View data |
46 |
#46
Honduras
|
8.67 % | 2019 | +2.3 % | +2.6 % | View data |
47 |
#47
Cape Verde
|
8.26 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | -0.3 % | View data |
48 |
#48
Belize
|
8.25 % | 2019 | -3.9 % | -1.9 % | View data |
49 |
#49
Italy
|
8.15 % | 2019 | -9.0 % | -5.8 % | View data |
50 |
#50
Albania
|
8.07 % | 2019 | -6.0 % | -6.5 % | View data |
51 |
#51
Republic of the Congo
|
8.00 % | 2019 | -6.7 % | +72.1 % | View data |
52 |
#52
Mauritius
|
7.99 % | 2019 | +9.3 % | +1.3 % | View data |
53 |
#53
Portugal
|
7.92 % | 2019 | -10.9 % | -8.9 % | View data |
54 |
#54
Turkey
|
7.91 % | 2019 | -12.7 % | +2.1 % | View data |
55 |
#55
Uruguay
|
7.76 % | 2019 | -5.8 % | +1.0 % | View data |
56 |
#56
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
|
7.60 % | 2019 | -1.4 % | -0.9 % | View data |
57 |
#57
Iceland
|
7.52 % | 2019 | -3.5 % | -10.1 % | View data |
58 |
#58
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
7.30 % | 2019 | -6.9 % | -2.1 % | View data |
59 |
#59
Spain
|
6.84 % | 2019 | -7.6 % | NA | View data |
60 |
#60
Israel
|
6.71 % | 2019 | -6.7 % | -1.3 % | View data |
61 |
#61
Greece
|
6.70 % | 2019 | -10.4 % | -6.0 % | View data |
62 |
#62
Maldives
|
6.63 % | 2014 | NA | -9.3 % | View data |
63 |
#63
Nicaragua
|
6.61 % | 2019 | +5.3 % | +6.2 % | View data |
64 |
#64
Peru
|
6.48 % | 2019 | -0.5 % | +6.1 % | View data |
65 |
#65
Kazakhstan
|
6.28 % | 2019 | +9.6 % | +19.6 % | View data |
66 |
#66
Burkina Faso
|
6.08 % | 2019 | +6.3 % | +12.8 % | View data |
67 |
#67
Canada
|
6.05 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | -4.0 % | View data |
68 |
#68
United Kingdom
|
5.96 % | 2019 | -12.9 % | -4.8 % | View data |
69 |
#69
Mali
|
5.87 % | 2019 | -8.1 % | +7.8 % | View data |
70 |
#70
Hungary
|
5.83 % | 2019 | -3.7 % | -9.2 % | View data |
71 |
#71
Georgia
|
5.66 % | 2019 | +17.0 % | +11.4 % | View data |
72 |
#72
Cyprus
|
5.64 % | 2019 | -7.8 % | -7.4 % | View data |
73 |
#73
Croatia
|
5.43 % | 2019 | -5.5 % | -10.0 % | View data |
74 |
#74
Cameroon
|
5.37 % | 2019 | +8.0 % | +18.3 % | View data |
75 |
#75
Ireland
|
5.26 % | 2019 | -20.9 % | -15.1 % | View data |
76 |
#76
Thailand
|
5.18 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | -1.6 % | View data |
77 |
#77
Ethiopia
|
5.17 % | 2019 | +4.1 % | +11.4 % | View data |
78 |
#78
Sudan
|
5.13 % | 2019 | -2.9 % | -7.0 % | View data |
79 |
#79
Belarus
|
4.96 % | 2019 | -4.1 % | +9.7 % | View data |
80 |
#80
Madagascar
|
4.75 % | 2019 | -12.8 % | +2.6 % | View data |
81 |
#81
Paraguay
|
4.69 % | 2019 | +21.9 % | +22.0 % | View data |
82 |
#82
Belgium
|
4.56 % | 2019 | -3.8 % | -7.8 % | View data |
83 |
#83
Rwanda
|
4.41 % | 2019 | -1.1 % | +9.0 % | View data |
84 |
#84
Equatorial Guinea
|
4.38 % | 2019 | +41.6 % | +19.1 % | View data |
85 |
#85
Slovenia
|
4.35 % | 2019 | -14.3 % | -11.5 % | View data |
86 |
#86
Romania
|
4.35 % | 2019 | +3.8 % | -3.1 % | View data |
87 |
#87
Bhutan
|
4.25 % | 2019 | +2.6 % | -5.3 % | View data |
88 |
#88
Chile
|
4.12 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +9.3 % | View data |
89 |
#89
Macedonia
|
4.06 % | 2019 | -5.0 % | +2.3 % | View data |
90 |
#90
Malta
|
3.74 % | 2019 | -9.2 % | -12.1 % | View data |
91 |
#91
Poland
|
3.70 % | 2019 | -5.5 % | -8.3 % | View data |
92 |
#92
South Korea
|
3.66 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | -7.0 % | View data |
93 |
#93
Australia
|
3.49 % | 2019 | -5.7 % | -0.1 % | View data |
94 |
#94
New Zealand
|
3.29 % | 2019 | -7.5 % | -5.9 % | View data |
95 |
#95
France
|
3.27 % | 2019 | -13.7 % | -7.1 % | View data |
96 |
#96
Austria
|
3.20 % | 2019 | -11.8 % | -9.6 % | View data |
97 |
#97
Slovakia
|
3.14 % | 2019 | -9.6 % | -8.9 % | View data |
98 |
#98
Kyrgyzstan
|
3.09 % | 2019 | -10.3 % | +5.3 % | View data |
99 |
#99
Lesotho
|
3.05 % | 2019 | +9.6 % | +20.5 % | View data |
100 |
#100
Lithuania
|
3.01 % | 2019 | -7.3 % | -11.0 % | View data |
101 |
#101
China
|
2.78 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +1.6 % | View data |
102 |
#102
Moldova
|
2.76 % | 2019 | -1.3 % | +12.4 % | View data |
103 |
#103
Nepal
|
2.68 % | 2019 | +32.5 % | -2.1 % | View data |
104 |
#104
Russia
|
2.62 % | 2019 | +10.8 % | +5.4 % | View data |
105 |
#105
Samoa
|
2.39 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | -0.9 % | View data |
106 |
#106
Latvia
|
2.35 % | 2019 | -4.8 % | -13.2 % | View data |
107 |
#107
Saudi Arabia
|
2.28 % | 2019 | +37.6 % | +46.4 % | View data |
108 |
#108
Botswana
|
2.22 % | 2019 | +8.7 % | +12.1 % | View data |
109 |
#109
Vanuatu
|
2.10 % | 2019 | -15.3 % | -7.9 % | View data |
110 |
#110
Czech Republic
|
2.08 % | 2019 | -4.6 % | -11.8 % | View data |
111 |
#111
Finland
|
2.08 % | 2019 | -8.5 % | -8.0 % | View data |
112 |
#112
Bulgaria
|
1.91 % | 2019 | +3.9 % | -5.0 % | View data |
113 |
#113
Tonga
|
1.89 % | 2019 | -3.2 % | -4.3 % | View data |
114 |
#114
Netherlands
|
1.89 % | 2019 | -12.6 % | -12.2 % | View data |
115 |
#115
Azerbaijan
|
1.75 % | 2019 | -28.0 % | +37.5 % | View data |
116 |
#116
Denmark
|
1.72 % | 2019 | -12.4 % | -11.8 % | View data |
117 |
#117
Palestine
|
1.63 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | -1.3 % | View data |
118 |
#118
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1.63 % | 2019 | -5.6 % | -3.8 % | View data |
119 |
#119
Seychelles
|
1.49 % | 2019 | NA | -28.6 % | View data |
120 |
#120
Germany
|
1.47 % | 2019 | -15.0 % | -14.1 % | View data |
121 |
#121
Cambodia
|
1.34 % | 2019 | -12.7 % | -5.3 % | View data |
122 |
#122
Uzbekistan
|
0.97 % | 2019 | +240.4 % | +51.0 % | View data |
123 |
#123
Sweden
|
0.95 % | 2019 | -22.2 % | -11.3 % | View data |
124 |
#124
Switzerland
|
0.84 % | 2019 | -10.5 % | -13.6 % | View data |
125 |
#125
Central African Republic
|
0.83 % | 2019 | -38.8 % | -7.4 % | View data |
126 |
#126
Norway
|
0.74 % | 2019 | -2.9 % | -4.6 % | View data |
127 |
#127
Luxembourg
|
0.71 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | -6.8 % | View data |
128 |
#128
San Marino
|
0.71 % | 2019 | -20.8 % | -10.0 % | View data |
129 |
#129
Kiribati
|
0.67 % | 2019 | +260.9 % | +53.0 % | View data |
130 |
#130
Palau
|
0.47 % | 2019 | +35.8 % | -1.6 % | View data |
131 |
#131
Solomon Islands
|
0.45 % | 2019 | +100.3 % | +6.7 % | View data |
132 |
#132
Singapore
|
0.42 % | 2019 | +65,189.7 % | +219.6 % | View data |
133 |
#133
Marshall Islands
|
0.39 % | 2019 | -15.4 % | -12.7 % | View data |
134 |
#134
Federated States of Micronesia
|
0.29 % | 2019 | +2.5 % | -15.7 % | View data |
135 |
#135
Estonia
|
0.14 % | 2019 | -17.0 % | -18.5 % | View data |
136 |
#136
Afghanistan
|
0.11 % | 2019 | +2.4 % | +16.0 % | View data |
137 |
#137
Iraq
|
0.01 % | 2019 | -99.9 % | -61.4 % | View data |
138 |
#138
East Timor
|
0.00 % | 2019 | NA | NA | View data |
Source: World Bank