Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in United States of America
United States of America: Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on was 0.6405 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in United States of America, 1989–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 0.6405 for interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in 2020.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in United States of America peaked at 0.8107 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.5696, in 2009.
United States of America ranks 74th of 80 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in United States of America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0.7952 | — |
| 1990 | 0.7979 | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8074 | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.7967 | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.7934 | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.7959 | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8043 | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8107 | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.803 | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.7968 | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.7817 | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.7697 | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.7198 | -6.5% |
| 2002 | 0.6657 | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 0.6129 | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 0.6362 | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 0.6598 | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 0.663 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.6792 | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 0.6549 | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.5696 | -13.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5874 | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.6145 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 0.5992 | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.6045 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.6237 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 0.6123 | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 0.6133 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.6176 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.6506 | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6523 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.6405 | -1.8% |
United States of America compared with similar countries
- United States of America's 0.6405 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9354, 68% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7952 | 0.7952 | 0.7952 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7988 | 0.7817 | 0.8107 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6631 | 0.5696 | 0.7697 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6176 | 0.5874 | 0.6523 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6405 | 0.6405 | 0.6405 | 1 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
More public sector data for United States of America
- Arms imports 1.21 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 3.56 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 52.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.21 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 2,933 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.034 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 8.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 997.31 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 86.58 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in United States of America?
- Interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in United States of America was 0.6405 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8107 in 1996.
- What is the lowest interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5696 in 2009.
- How does United States of America rank for interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
- United States of America ranks 74th out of 80 countries with data for 2020.
- Is interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.