Middle income - Interest payments

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Middle income was 9.39 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 12.56 in 2002, while its lowest value was 5.45 in 2011.

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
2002	12.56
2003	11.90
2004	10.89
2005	8.87
2006	7.67
2007	6.03
2008	6.84
2009	6.35
2010	5.83
2011	5.45
2012	5.46
2013	5.96
2014	7.11
2015	7.73
2016	8.45
2017	8.53
2018	9.69
2019	9.39

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Middle income was 9.12 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 12.57 in 2003, while its lowest value was 5.92 in 2011.

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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• Country comparison
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Year	Value
2003	12.57
2004	11.56
2006	9.55
2007	7.85
2008	7.71
2009	7.21
2010	6.69
2011	5.92
2012	6.08
2013	6.45
2014	7.40
2015	8.17
2016	9.23
2017	8.63
2018	9.99
2019	9.12

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance