Upper middle income - Interest payments

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Upper middle income was 7.91 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 13.97 in 1998, while its lowest value was 4.03 in 2007.

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
1997 12.78
1998 13.97
1999 13.44
2005 6.41
2006 7.15
2007 4.03
2008 4.72
2009 4.98
2010 4.41
2011 5.16
2012 5.03
2013 5.44
2014 5.11
2015 6.19
2016 7.84
2017 6.89
2018 7.31
2019 7.91

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Upper middle income was 7.14 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 14.55 in 1998, while its lowest value was 5.38 in 2010.

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
1998 14.55
1999 14.21
2005 7.79
2006 8.26
2007 5.59
2008 5.80
2009 5.65
2010 5.38
2011 6.08
2012 5.97
2013 5.76
2014 6.38
2015 6.24
2016 7.46
2017 7.10
2018 8.34
2019 7.14

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance