Israel - Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Israel was 6.71 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 36.84 in 1983, while its lowest value was 6.11 in 2015.

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
1972 20.00
1973 10.53
1974 15.38
1975 9.52
1976 9.68
1977 18.89
1978 15.28
1979 11.15
1980 12.63
1981 21.14
1982 21.68
1983 36.84
1984 31.68
1985 23.64
1986 22.92
1987 25.97
1988 20.47
1989 20.97
1990 19.54
1991 19.32
1992 16.15
1993 16.12
1994 15.18
1995 14.83
1996 13.71
1997 12.50
1998 13.25
1999 12.37
2000 13.29
2001 14.03
2002 21.22
2003 13.23
2004 14.53
2005 15.02
2006 12.88
2007 12.71
2008 15.09
2009 15.27
2010 11.97
2011 11.88
2012 10.76
2013 10.36
2014 7.17
2015 6.11
2016 6.25
2017 6.24
2018 7.19
2019 6.71

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance