Guatemala - Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Guatemala was 12.94 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 19.50 in 1991, while its lowest value was 8.17 in 1997.

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 12.41
1991 19.50
1992 10.20
1993 10.44
1994 11.21
1995 12.41
1996 12.78
1997 8.17
1998 10.83
1999 10.74
2000 10.21
2001 10.89
2002 10.56
2003 8.84
2004 10.56
2005 10.76
2006 10.46
2007 11.75
2008 11.46
2009 11.23
2010 11.47
2011 11.50
2012 11.52
2013 11.87
2014 11.65
2015 13.15
2016 12.53
2017 12.29
2018 12.32
2019 12.94

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