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Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in Zimbabwe was 761,307,100 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 9 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 761,307,100 in 2018 and a minimum value of 21,095,440 in 2009.

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
2009	21,095,440
2010	30,771,450
2011	34,232,600
2012	21,806,180
2015	87,387,630
2016	142,501,600
2017	229,797,500
2018	761,307,100

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Zimbabwe was 13.47 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 13.47 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.62 in 2012.

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
2009	2.23
2010	1.32
2011	1.17
2012	0.62
2015	2.30
2016	4.03
2017	6.02
2018	13.47

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Zimbabwe was 9.96 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 9.96 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.63 in 2012.

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
2009	2.31
2010	1.59
2011	1.27
2012	0.63
2015	2.01
2016	2.75
2017	3.67
2018	9.96

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance