Interest payable, Transactions in Iceland
Iceland: Interest payable, Transactions was 211.74 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Interest payable, Transactions in Iceland, 2002–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, interest payable, transactions in Iceland stood at 211.74 billion.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 36.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payable, transactions in Iceland peaked at 245.44 billion in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48.14 billion, in 2002.
Iceland ranks 6th of 35 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.11 billion | 48.14 billion | 196.40 billion | 8 |
| 2010s | 148.34 billion | 132.77 billion | 163.80 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 192.18 billion | 120.58 billion | 245.44 billion | 6 |
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More public sector data for Iceland
- Tax revenue 23.2% (2023)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 1,595 (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 34.6% (2023)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP 51.25 (2019)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Purchasing power 10.26 (2019)
- Taxes on goods and services 35.2% (2023)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 2.3% (2023)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 0.0044 units per person (2019)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 0 units per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -1.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payable, transactions in Iceland?
- Interest payable, transactions in Iceland was 211.74 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest interest payable, transactions recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 245.44 billion in 2023.
- What is the lowest interest payable, transactions recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.14 billion in 2002.
- How does Iceland rank for interest payable, transactions?
- Iceland ranks 6th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is interest payable, transactions rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Interest payable, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.