Gabon vs Lower middle income: Interest payments
Interest payments over time
- Gabon
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 18.9% against 9.0% in Lower middle income, a difference of 9.9%.
That makes Gabon's figure about 2.1 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Gabon ranks 21st and Lower middle income ranks 22nd of 155 countries.
Gabon has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.7% | 7.7% | 2.0% | Gabon |
| 2020s | 19.1% | 9.7% | 9.4% | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher interest payments, Gabon or Lower middle income?
- Gabon, at 18.9% against 9.0% in Lower middle income as of 2021.
- What is the difference in interest payments between Gabon and Lower middle income?
- 9.9%, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Lower middle income?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2021.
- How do Gabon and Lower middle income rank globally for interest payments?
- Gabon ranks 21st and Lower middle income ranks 22nd 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.