Denmark vs Netherlands: Interest payments

Denmark

1.4%

in 2023

Netherlands

1.6%

in 2023

Denmark rank

134th

Netherlands rank

131st

Interest payments over time

Denmark
Netherlands

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 1.6% against 1.4% in Denmark, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Netherlands ahead.

Denmark ranks 134th and Netherlands ranks 131st of 152 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Interest payments (% of expense)
Unit: % of expense
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 5,277 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 as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.