Finland - Interest payments

Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in Finland was 1,862,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,395,000,000 in 1997 and a minimum value of 43,728,860 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.

Year Value
1972 46,924,430
1973 50,288,190
1974 43,728,860
1975 44,233,420
1976 48,101,750
1977 73,834,500
1978 103,772,000
1979 162,974,100
1980 201,489,100
1981 263,214,100
1982 360,594,900
1983 512,300,400
1984 635,414,000
1985 763,741,400
1986 766,264,200
1987 800,406,300
1988 870,036,200
1989 826,475,500
1990 795,024,300
1991 972,799,000
1992 1,404,537,000
1993 3,021,664,000
1994 3,723,176,000
1995 3,603,000,000
1996 4,017,000,000
1997 4,395,000,000
1998 4,020,000,000
1999 3,597,000,000
2000 3,578,000,000
2001 3,552,000,000
2002 2,948,000,000
2003 2,720,000,000
2004 2,618,000,000
2005 2,495,000,000
2006 2,365,000,000
2007 2,340,000,000
2008 2,361,000,000
2009 2,253,000,000
2010 2,415,000,000
2011 2,569,000,000
2012 2,708,000,000
2013 2,504,000,000
2014 2,492,000,000
2015 2,379,000,000
2016 2,281,000,000
2017 2,155,000,000
2018 1,979,000,000
2019 1,862,000,000

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Finland was 2.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 12.74 in 1994, while its lowest value was 0.78 in 1976.

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 1.78
1973 1.53
1974 1.10
1975 0.90
1976 0.78
1977 1.11
1978 1.51
1979 2.12
1980 2.26
1981 2.50
1982 3.06
1983 3.89
1984 4.25
1985 4.52
1986 4.02
1987 4.08
1988 3.77
1989 3.16
1990 2.88
1991 3.65
1992 5.16
1993 10.85
1994 12.74
1995 8.73
1996 9.54
1997 9.84
1998 8.36
1999 7.30
2000 6.44
2001 6.37
2002 5.11
2003 4.69
2004 4.34
2005 3.97
2006 3.56
2007 3.29
2008 3.20
2009 3.41
2010 3.58
2011 3.48
2012 3.56
2013 3.21
2014 3.15
2015 2.96
2016 2.74
2017 2.55
2018 2.27
2019 2.08

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Finland was 2.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 10.15 in 1994, while its lowest value was 0.92 in 1976.

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 2.21
1973 2.02
1974 1.31
1975 0.98
1976 0.92
1977 1.24
1978 1.58
1979 2.15
1980 2.36
1981 2.68
1982 3.11
1983 3.82
1984 4.40
1985 4.71
1986 4.33
1987 4.12
1988 4.11
1989 3.58
1990 3.10
1991 3.25
1992 4.23
1993 8.41
1994 10.15
1995 7.52
1996 8.76
1997 9.84
1998 8.89
1999 7.77
2000 7.73
2001 7.38
2002 5.79
2003 5.14
2004 4.77
2005 4.37
2006 3.99
2007 3.83
2008 3.64
2009 3.24
2010 3.34
2011 3.42
2012 3.46
2013 3.06
2014 2.97
2015 2.78
2016 2.65
2017 2.51
2018 2.27
2019 2.09

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance