Egypt vs North America: Interest payments
Interest payments over time
- Egypt
- North America
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 33.3% against 14.3% in North America, a difference of 19.0%.
That makes Egypt's figure about 2.3 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1975 it was North America ahead.
Egypt ranks 4th and North America ranks 4th of 155 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 2 and North America in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.3% | 8.9% | 2.6% | North America |
| 1980s | 9.7% | 16.7% | 7.1% | North America |
| 1990s | 20.6% | 22.2% | 1.6% | North America |
| 2000s | 19.7% | 11.8% | 7.9% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 28.3% | 9.5% | 18.8% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher interest payments, Egypt or North America?
- Egypt, at 33.3% against 14.3% in North America as of 2015.
- What is the difference in interest payments between Egypt and North America?
- 19.0%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and North America?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2015.
- How do Egypt and North America rank globally for interest payments?
- Egypt ranks 4th and North America ranks 4th of 155 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Interest payments (% of revenue). 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 a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.