Interest payments in Eswatini
Eswatini: Interest payments was 7.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Eswatini, 1999–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 7.6% for interest payments in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.3% on the previous year and up 127.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Eswatini peaked at 8.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2015.
That places Eswatini 73rd out of 152 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Interest payments in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3.2% | — |
| 2000 | 4.2% | +30.8% |
| 2001 | 5.1% | +22.3% |
| 2002 | 4.9% | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 3.4% | -29.4% |
| 2004 | 3.8% | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 4.2% | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 3.9% | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | -24.4% |
| 2008 | 3.2% | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 4.1% | +27.9% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | -30.8% |
| 2011 | 3.4% | +18.3% |
| 2012 | 3.0% | -10.1% |
| 2014 | 2.8% | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 3.3% | +21.0% |
| 2017 | 4.3% | +31.2% |
| 2018 | 5.0% | +16.3% |
| 2019 | 4.8% | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 8.1% | +68.3% |
| 2021 | 7.6% | -6.3% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 7.6% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.0%, 77% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 7.6% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 11.3%, 67% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.0% | 2.9% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 2.7% | 5.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 7.9% | 7.6% | 8.1% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Eswatini?
- Interest payments in Eswatini was 7.6% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2015.
- How does Eswatini rank for interest payments?
- Eswatini ranks 73rd out of 152 countries with data for 2021.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 127.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.