Interest payments (% of expense) in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Interest payments (% of expense) was 24.0% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Bangladesh, 2001–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
The most recent figure for interest payments in Bangladesh is 24.0%, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Bangladesh peaked at 24.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 17.3%, in 2011.
That places Bangladesh 8th out of 152 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Interest payments (% of expense) in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 18.1% | — |
| 2002 | 19.9% | +9.6% |
| 2003 | 20.6% | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 19.5% | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 19.4% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 20.8% | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 21.7% | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 22.9% | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 21.8% | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 20.0% | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 17.3% | -13.8% |
| 2012 | 20.0% | +15.4% |
| 2013 | 21.2% | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 21.9% | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 22.7% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 20.3% | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 19.9% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 21.1% | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 20.5% | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 22.6% | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 24.0% | +6.5% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 24.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.0%, 2.4× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 24.0% is above the median for South Asia, which is 16.0%, 1.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.5% | 18.1% | 22.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 20.5% | 17.3% | 22.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.3% | 22.6% | 24.0% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Bangladesh?
- Interest payments in Bangladesh was 24.0% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 24.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.3% in 2011.
- How does Bangladesh rank for interest payments?
- Bangladesh ranks 8th out of 152 countries with data for 2021.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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 as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.