Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Colombia

Colombia: Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on was 0.9704 in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.9704
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
45th
of 80 countries
All-time high
1.49
in 2016
All-time low
0.8028
in 1999
Years of data
11
1998–2020

Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Colombia, 1998–2020

00.511.51998200920201998: 0.8111999: 0.8032000: 0.8372013: 0.9672014: 0.9762015: 0.972016: 1.52017: 0.9762018: 0.9682019: 0.9692020: 0.97

Source: International Monetary Fund.

Analysis

Colombia recorded 0.9704 for interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in 2020.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Colombia peaked at 1.49 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8028, in 1999.

That places Colombia 45th out of 80 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Colombia, year by year

Annual values for Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government) in Colombia, 1998 to 2020.
Year Value Change
1998 0.8107
1999 0.8028 -1.0%
2000 0.8368 +4.2%
2013 0.9667 +15.5%
2014 0.9756 +0.9%
2015 0.9701 -0.6%
2016 1.49 +53.1%
2017 0.9764 -34.3%
2018 0.9684 -0.8%
2019 0.9693 +0.1%
2020 0.9704 +0.1%

Colombia compared with similar countries

  • Colombia's 0.9704 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9878, 98% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
  • Colombia's 0.9704 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9886, 98% of the median. (10 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8067 0.8028 0.8107 2
2000s 0.8368 0.8368 0.8368 1
2010s 1.04 0.9667 1.49 7
2020s 0.9704 0.9704 0.9704 1

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 42 Kenya 0.981 compare
  2. 43 Brazil 0.9766 compare
  3. 44 Poland 0.9729 compare
  4. 46 Czechia 0.966 compare
  5. 47 Romania 0.9658 compare
  6. 48 South Africa 0.9573 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Colombia?
Interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Colombia was 0.9704 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
What is the highest interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 1.49 in 2016.
What is the lowest interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8028 in 1999.
How does Colombia rank for interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
Colombia ranks 45th out of 80 countries with data for 2020.
Is interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Colombia data come from?
The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government)
Source
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Coverage
80 places, 1,616 data points, 1972–2020
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