Egypt vs Zambia: Interest payments
Egypt
24.2%
in 2015
Zambia
26.5%
in 2021
Egypt rank
6th
Zambia rank
4th
Interest payments over time
- Egypt
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 26.5% against 24.2% in Egypt, a difference of 2.3%.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 6th and Zambia ranks 4th of 152 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.2% | 15.4% | 2.8% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 21.0% | 11.0% | 10.0% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher interest payments, Egypt or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 26.5% against 24.2% in Egypt as of 2021.
- What is the difference in interest payments between Egypt and Zambia?
- 2.3%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Zambia?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2015.
- How do Egypt and Zambia rank globally for interest payments?
- Egypt ranks 6th and Zambia ranks 4th of 152 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Interest payments (% of expense). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.