Interest payments in Belize
Belize: Interest payments was 10.3% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Belize, 1990–2017
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2017, interest payments in Belize stood at 10.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.6% on the previous year and down 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Belize peaked at 32.7% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 1992.
Belize ranks 49th of 152 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Interest payments in Belize, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 8.0% | — |
| 1991 | 7.2% | -10.5% |
| 1992 | 6.8% | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 8.1% | +19.8% |
| 1994 | 9.2% | +13.7% |
| 1995 | 11.1% | +20.9% |
| 1996 | 11.8% | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 9.7% | -18.2% |
| 1998 | 9.3% | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 10.4% | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 14.0% | +34.8% |
| 2001 | 15.9% | +13.5% |
| 2002 | 18.1% | +14.4% |
| 2003 | 19.2% | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 32.7% | +70.4% |
| 2005 | 28.0% | -14.3% |
| 2006 | 27.4% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 18.2% | -33.8% |
| 2008 | 16.1% | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 14.3% | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 15.0% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 14.0% | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 8.1% | -42.1% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | +34.2% |
| 2014 | 10.9% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 9.4% | -13.6% |
| 2016 | 9.1% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 10.3% | +13.6% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 10.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.8%, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Belize's 10.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10.3%, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.1% | 6.8% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.4% | 14.0% | 32.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.0% | 8.1% | 15.0% | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Belize?
- Interest payments in Belize was 10.3% in 2017, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 32.7% in 2004.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 1992.
- How does Belize rank for interest payments?
- Belize ranks 49th out of 152 countries with data for 2017.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize 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.