Interest payable, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government) by country
The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary...
What the numbers show
Interest payable, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 89,679.00 trillion in Colombia; the lowest is 202.10 million in Estonia.
The median across all reporting countries is 40.28 billion, and the mean is 2,562.53 trillion.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 5,243.2%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 57.2%).
Interest payable, Transactions (Statement of operations, General): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 89,679.00 trillion | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Hungary | 3.31 trillion | 2025 | up 175.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Turkey | 2.46 trillion | 2025 | up 5,243.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 1.26 trillion | 2025 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 5 | United States | 1.24 trillion | 2025 | up 190.3% | rising |
| 6 | Iceland | 211.74 billion | 2025 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 7 | Czechia | 111.53 billion | 2025 | up 127.6% | rising |
| 8 | Canada | 110.06 billion | 2025 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 100.80 billion | 2025 | up 113.9% | rising |
| 10 | Poland | 98.13 billion | 2025 | up 209.7% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 87.14 billion | 2025 | up 27.9% | flat |
| 12 | Norway | 81.77 billion | 2025 | up 249.4% | volatile |
| 13 | France | 66.64 billion | 2025 | up 49.0% | flat |
| 14 | Australia | 65.28 billion | 2025 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 15 | Romania | 54.51 billion | 2025 | up 417.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Germany | 49.54 billion | 2025 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 17 | Spain | 40.31 billion | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 18 | Sweden | 40.28 billion | 2025 | up 73.5% | falling |
| 19 | Denmark | 24.67 billion | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 20 | Belgium | 14.28 billion | 2025 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 21 | Netherlands | 8.39 billion | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 22 | Austria | 8.27 billion | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 23 | Greece | 8.22 billion | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 24 | Portugal | 5.96 billion | 2025 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 25 | Finland | 4.61 billion | 2025 | up 79.6% | falling |
| 26 | Ireland | 2.97 billion | 2025 | down 57.2% | rising |
| 27 | Slovakia | 2.12 billion | 2025 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 953.56 million | 2025 | up 126.6% | rising |
| 29 | Slovenia | 899.70 million | 2025 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 30 | Lithuania | 752.19 million | 2025 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 31 | Latvia | 443.35 million | 2024 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Cyprus | 416.80 million | 2025 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 300.25 million | 2025 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 34 | Malta | 299.40 million | 2025 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 35 | Estonia | 202.10 million | 2025 | up 1,333.3% | volatile |
About this data
The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.