Interest payments in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Interest payments was 11.9% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 2002–2022
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 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) is 11.9%, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 39.6% on the previous year and up 87.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 14.3% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 2009.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 6th of 41 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Interest payments in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 14.3% | — |
| 2003 | 10.7% | -24.7% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | -34.5% |
| 2009 | 5.5% | -22.1% |
| 2011 | 5.9% | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 6.4% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 7.8% | +23.1% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 9.5% | +35.5% |
| 2017 | 11.0% | +16.1% |
| 2018 | 13.0% | +18.1% |
| 2019 | 10.2% | -21.3% |
| 2020 | 9.4% | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 8.5% | -9.0% |
| 2022 | 11.9% | +39.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.4% | 5.5% | 14.3% | 4 |
| 2010s | 8.6% | 5.9% | 13.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 8.5% | 11.9% | 3 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More public sector data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Arms imports 872.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4073 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -41.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 872.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 161.96 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0156 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 346.78 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 93.74 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Interest payments in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 11.9% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 14.3% in 2002.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 2009.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for interest payments?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 6th out of 41 groups with data for 2022.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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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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.