Canada - Interest payments

Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in Canada was 25,818,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 46,579,000,000 in 1995 and a minimum value of 22,130,000,000 in 2017.

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 42,144,000,000
1991 41,311,000,000
1992 39,796,000,000
1993 39,489,000,000
1994 40,425,000,000
1995 46,579,000,000
1996 45,667,000,000
1997 43,735,000,000
1998 44,250,000,000
1999 44,028,000,000
2000 45,626,000,000
2001 42,172,000,000
2002 37,108,000,000
2003 35,527,000,000
2004 33,808,000,000
2005 32,467,000,000
2006 32,529,000,000
2007 31,932,000,000
2008 30,645,000,000
2009 27,703,000,000
2010 28,280,000,000
2011 28,870,000,000
2012 27,334,000,000
2013 27,290,000,000
2014 25,214,000,000
2015 23,812,000,000
2016 22,543,000,000
2017 22,130,000,000
2018 24,652,000,000
2019 25,818,000,000

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Canada was 5.93 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 30.71 in 1990, while its lowest value was 5.73 in 2017.

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 30.71
1991 28.73
1992 26.77
1993 26.69
1994 26.66
1995 28.75
1996 26.83
1997 23.32
1998 22.68
1999 21.13
2000 19.71
2001 18.21
2002 16.02
2003 14.80
2004 13.49
2005 12.28
2006 11.69
2007 10.79
2008 10.46
2009 9.96
2010 10.02
2011 9.59
2012 8.77
2013 8.44
2014 7.42
2015 6.68
2016 6.21
2017 5.73
2018 5.94
2019 5.93

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Canada was 6.17 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 25.14 in 1990, while its lowest value was 5.87 in 2017.

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 25.14
1991 23.21
1992 21.69
1993 21.03
1994 21.49
1995 23.90
1996 23.77
1997 23.67
1998 23.32
1999 22.11
2000 21.97
2001 19.69
2002 17.31
2003 15.70
2004 14.66
2005 12.81
2006 12.76
2007 11.93
2008 10.83
2009 9.35
2010 8.89
2011 9.12
2012 8.54
2013 8.40
2014 7.71
2015 7.01
2016 6.36
2017 5.87
2018 6.29
2019 6.17

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance