Interest payments in Burundi
Burundi: Interest payments was 3.3% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Burundi, 1991–2021
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 Burundi is 3.3%, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 42.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Burundi peaked at 11.6% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2015.
That places Burundi 106th out of 152 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Interest payments in Burundi, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 8.7% | — |
| 1992 | 8.3% | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 7.1% | -14.8% |
| 1994 | 7.3% | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 7.5% | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 9.9% | +32.1% |
| 1997 | 9.7% | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 9.0% | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 11.6% | +28.4% |
| 2010 | 5.2% | -54.7% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 5.5% | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 4.6% | -16.4% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | +16.6% |
| 2015 | 2.2% | -59.2% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | +222.3% |
| 2017 | 7.5% | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 6.1% | -17.8% |
| 2020 | 3.4% | -44.8% |
| 2021 | 3.3% | -1.9% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 3.3% is below the median for low income countries, which is 9.0%, 37% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 3.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 11.3%, 29% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Interest payments in Burundi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +222.3% | 2.2% | 7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.8% | 7.1% | 11.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 5.5% | 2.2% | 7.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Burundi?
- Interest payments in Burundi was 3.3% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 11.6% in 1999.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2015.
- How does Burundi rank for interest payments?
- Burundi ranks 106th out of 152 countries with data for 2021.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi 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.