Euro area - Interest payments

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Euro area was 3.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 10.42 in 1986, while its lowest value was 2.14 in 1974.

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
1973 2.70
1974 2.14
1975 2.56
1976 3.25
1977 3.03
1978 3.92
1979 4.17
1980 4.55
1981 4.89
1982 5.95
1983 6.49
1984 7.39
1985 9.92
1986 10.42
1987 9.68
1988 9.64
1989 9.65
1990 9.65
1991 5.59
1992 8.15
1993 9.78
1994 8.55
1995 8.73
1996 8.76
1997 8.98
1998 8.15
1999 7.46
2000 7.18
2001 6.69
2002 6.47
2003 6.09
2004 6.10
2005 5.19
2006 4.54
2007 4.51
2008 4.60
2009 5.57
2010 5.47
2011 5.66
2012 5.87
2013 5.72
2014 5.34
2015 5.08
2016 4.64
2017 4.14
2018 3.79
2019 3.27

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Euro area was 3.26 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 9.58 in 1986, while its lowest value was 2.36 in 1974.

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
1973 3.03
1974 2.36
1975 2.44
1976 3.14
1977 3.05
1978 3.78
1979 4.01
1980 4.40
1981 4.58
1982 4.53
1983 5.91
1984 6.95
1985 8.36
1986 9.58
1987 8.93
1988 9.05
1989 9.10
1990 9.46
1991 8.88
1992 9.52
1993 9.33
1994 9.28
1995 7.52
1996 7.96
1997 8.56
1998 8.17
1999 7.49
2000 7.53
2001 6.99
2002 6.05
2003 5.76
2004 5.72
2005 5.20
2006 4.62
2007 4.57
2008 4.76
2009 4.55
2010 4.61
2011 5.18
2012 5.49
2013 5.09
2014 5.21
2015 5.08
2016 4.63
2017 4.23
2018 3.65
2019 3.26

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance