Interest payments in Brazil
Brazil: Interest payments was 24.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Brazil, 2010–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 24.1% for interest payments in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Brazil peaked at 34.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 16.2%, in 2020.
Brazil ranks 7th of 152 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Interest payments in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 25.1% | — |
| 2011 | 26.5% | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 24.4% | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 24.4% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 25.2% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 34.4% | +36.6% |
| 2016 | 29.0% | -15.8% |
| 2017 | 27.1% | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 26.7% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 22.5% | -15.8% |
| 2020 | 16.2% | -27.9% |
| 2021 | 22.6% | +39.7% |
| 2022 | 24.6% | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 24.1% | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 26.5% | 22.5% | 34.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.9% | 16.2% | 24.6% | 4 |
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More public sector data for Brazil
- Arms imports 435.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 2.05 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 135.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 435.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 98.81 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0096 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -3.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 20.95 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 22.13 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Brazil?
- Interest payments in Brazil was 24.1% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 34.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.2% in 2020.
- How does Brazil rank for interest payments?
- Brazil ranks 7th out of 152 countries with data for 2023.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil 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.