Interest payments in Cape Verde

Cape Verde: Interest payments was 4.77 billion current LCU in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
4.77 billion current LCU
Change on year
down 3.6%
World rank
99th
of 155 countries
All-time high
4.95 billion current LCU
in 2019
All-time low
1.82 billion current LCU
in 2009
Years of data
16
2005–2020

Interest payments in Cape Verde, 2005–2020

01.0B2.0B3.0B4.0B5.0B2005201220202005: 1.9B current LCU2006: 1.9B current LCU2007: 1.9B current LCU2008: 1.8B current LCU2009: 1.8B current LCU2010: 2.2B current LCU2011: 2.3B current LCU2012: 2.9B current LCU2013: 3.3B current LCU2014: 3.4B current LCU2015: 4.1B current LCU2016: 4.2B current LCU2017: 4.5B current LCU2018: 4.7B current LCU2019: 5.0B current LCU2020: 4.8B current LCU

Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in current LCU.

Analysis

In 2020, interest payments in Cape Verde stood at 4.77 billion current LCU.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 120.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, interest payments in Cape Verde peaked at 4.95 billion current LCU in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.82 billion current LCU, in 2009.

That places Cape Verde 99th out of 155 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1.88 billion current LCU 1.82 billion current LCU 1.93 billion current LCU 5
2010s 3.65 billion current LCU 2.16 billion current LCU 4.95 billion current LCU 10
2020s 4.77 billion current LCU 4.77 billion current LCU 4.77 billion current LCU 1

Countries ranked near Cape Verde

  1. 96 Niger 5.60 billion current LCU compare
  2. 97 Moldova 5.30 billion current LCU compare
  3. 98 Trinidad and Tobago 5.06 billion current LCU compare
  4. 100 Finland 3.42 billion current LCU compare
  5. 102 Belarus 3.31 billion current LCU compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is interest payments in Cape Verde?
Interest payments in Cape Verde was 4.77 billion current LCU in 2020, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest interest payments recorded in Cape Verde?
The highest recorded value was 4.95 billion current LCU in 2019.
What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Cape Verde?
The lowest recorded value was 1.82 billion current LCU in 2009.
How does Cape Verde rank for interest payments?
Cape Verde ranks 99th out of 155 countries with data for 2020.
Is interest payments rising or falling in Cape Verde?
Over the last ten years it is up 120.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Interest payments (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
155 places, 4,505 data points, 1972–2024
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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 in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.