Togo vs Upper middle income: Interest payments

Togo
16.2%
in 2023
Upper middle income
8.8%
in 2023
Togo rank
22nd
Upper middle income rank
23rd

Interest payments over time

  • Togo
  • Upper middle income
57.51012.51517.5199720102023

How they compare

Togo currently reports 16.2% against 8.8% in Upper middle income, a difference of 7.4%.

That makes Togo's figure about 1.8 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Upper middle income ahead.

Togo ranks 22nd and Upper middle income ranks 23rd of 152 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Togo averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Togo Upper middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 6.7% 7.2% 0.5% Upper middle income
2010s 9.4% 7.7% 1.7% Togo
2020s 15.9% 8.2% 7.8% Togo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher interest payments, Togo or Upper middle income?
Togo, at 16.2% against 8.8% in Upper middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in interest payments between Togo and Upper middle income?
7.4%, with Togo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Togo and Upper middle income?
19 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.
How do Togo and Upper middle income rank globally for interest payments?
Togo ranks 22nd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Togo vs Upper middle income: Interest payments. Statizoid, drawing on Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://public-sector.statizoid.com/compare/interest-payments-percent-of-expense/togo/upper-middle-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://public-sector.statizoid.com/compare/interest-payments-percent-of-expense/togo/upper-middle-income/">Togo vs Upper middle income: Interest payments</a> — Statizoid

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

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.