Caribbean small states - Interest payments

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Caribbean small states was 20.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 46.68 in 1998, while its lowest value was 1.47 in 1977.

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.

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Year Value
1976 1.86
1977 1.47
1978 2.55
1979 3.05
1980 1.97
1981 2.50
1988 30.71
1989 27.85
1990 30.32
1991 27.47
1992 29.18
1993 29.38
1994 33.67
1995 30.68
1996 43.24
1997 36.98
1998 46.68
1999 46.00
2000 42.49
2001 32.84
2002 34.73
2003 36.52
2004 32.52
2005 27.77
2006 26.18
2007 23.41
2008 25.20
2009 35.64
2010 23.84
2011 21.77
2012 21.23
2013 16.35
2014 17.63
2015 16.58
2016 17.97
2017 16.09
2018 15.28
2019 20.24

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Caribbean small states was 24.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 44.85 in 1999, while its lowest value was 16.72 in 2018.

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
1988 36.71
1989 38.20
1990 39.17
1991 38.92
1992 42.11
1993 38.93
1994 43.58
1995 40.44
1996 42.48
1997 34.06
1998 40.82
1999 44.85
2000 44.81
2001 31.52
2002 30.61
2003 33.69
2004 30.96
2005 28.54
2006 25.37
2007 24.13
2008 23.40
2009 28.75
2010 23.06
2011 20.46
2012 20.51
2013 17.93
2014 18.38
2015 17.68
2016 18.63
2017 16.90
2018 16.72
2019 24.16

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance