Saint Lucia vs Upper middle income: Interest payments
Interest payments over time
- Saint Lucia
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 16.1% against 8.8% in Upper middle income, a difference of 7.3%.
That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 1.8 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Saint Lucia ranks 23rd and Upper middle income ranks 23rd of 152 countries.
Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saint Lucia | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.9% | 8.8% | 4.1% | Saint Lucia |
| 2010s | 15.3% | 7.3% | 8.1% | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher interest payments, Saint Lucia or Upper middle income?
- Saint Lucia, at 16.1% against 8.8% in Upper middle income as of 2017.
- What is the difference in interest payments between Saint Lucia and Upper middle income?
- 7.3%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saint Lucia and Upper middle income?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2017.
- How do Saint Lucia and Upper middle income rank globally for interest payments?
- Saint Lucia ranks 23rd and Upper middle income ranks 23rd 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.