Australia vs Denmark: Interest payments

Australia
19.17 billion current LCU
in 2022
Denmark
16.16 billion current LCU
in 2024
Australia rank
78th
Denmark rank
81st

Interest payments over time

  • Australia
  • Denmark
020.0B40.0B60.0B197219982024

How they compare

Australia currently reports 19.17 billion current LCU against 16.16 billion current LCU in Denmark, a difference of 3.00 billion current LCU.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Denmark ahead.

Australia ranks 78th and Denmark ranks 81st of 155 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Interest payments (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
155 places, 4,505 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.