Samoa - Interest payments

Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in Samoa was 16,658,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 7 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18,591,250 in 2016 and a minimum value of 14,341,080 in 2012.

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
2012 14,341,080
2013 15,421,230
2014 15,414,130
2015 18,109,840
2016 18,591,250
2017 17,328,930
2018 17,418,550
2019 16,658,000

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Samoa was 1.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 7 years was 2.96 in 2015, while its lowest value was 1.98 in 2019.

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
2012 2.72
2013 2.76
2014 2.44
2015 2.96
2016 2.73
2017 2.41
2018 2.30
2019 1.98

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Samoa was 2.59 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 7 years was 3.37 in 2016, while its lowest value was 2.59 in 2019.

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
2012 2.80
2013 2.94
2014 2.71
2015 3.17
2016 3.37
2017 3.16
2018 2.98
2019 2.59

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance