Kenya vs Madagascar: Interest payments

Kenya

685.88 billion current LCU

in 2023

Madagascar

555.08 billion current LCU

in 2024

Kenya rank

30th

Madagascar rank

33rd

Interest payments over time

Kenya
Madagascar

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 685.88 billion current LCU against 555.08 billion current LCU in Madagascar, a difference of 130.79 billion current LCU.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Madagascar ahead.

Kenya ranks 30th and Madagascar ranks 33rd 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: 06 August 2026

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.