Bulgaria - Interest payments

Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in Bulgaria was 640,999,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,283,298,000 in 2001 and a minimum value of 2,386,000 in 1990.

Definition: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 2,386,000
1991 8,761,000
1992 13,880,000
1993 29,172,000
1994 76,411,000
1995 123,927,000
1996 342,294,000
1997 1,233,056,000
1998 953,657,000
1999 888,490,000
2000 1,134,497,000
2001 1,283,298,000
2002 742,723,000
2003 795,705,000
2004 758,402,000
2005 726,713,000
2006 687,118,000
2007 702,533,000
2008 597,742,000
2009 514,797,000
2010 501,020,000
2011 549,969,000
2012 631,427,000
2013 577,677,000
2014 695,060,000
2015 795,734,000
2016 810,434,000
2017 799,027,000
2018 699,317,000
2019 640,999,000

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Bulgaria was 1.48 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 37.29 in 1994, while its lowest value was 1.48 in 2019.

Definition: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 10.91
1991 17.58
1992 19.34
1993 29.26
1994 37.29
2005 4.47
2006 3.86
2007 3.02
2008 2.26
2009 2.17
2010 2.20
2011 2.34
2012 2.46
2013 2.13
2014 2.47
2015 2.61
2016 2.65
2017 2.39
2018 1.84
2019 1.48

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Bulgaria was 1.59 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 33.26 in 1994, while its lowest value was 1.59 in 2019.

Definition: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 9.82
1991 16.40
1992 17.48
1993 22.34
1994 33.26
2005 4.91
2006 4.32
2007 3.37
2008 2.57
2009 2.08
2010 2.11
2011 2.27
2012 2.47
2013 2.12
2014 2.17
2015 2.57
2016 2.64
2017 2.43
2018 1.95
2019 1.59

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance