Interest payments in Honduras
Honduras: Interest payments was 10.0% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Honduras, 1972–2020
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2020, interest payments in Honduras stood at 10.0%. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 165.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Honduras peaked at 10.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2009.
That places Honduras 52nd out of 152 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Interest payments in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 6.1% | — |
| 1973 | 7.1% | +17.1% |
| 1974 | 6.7% | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 5.7% | -15.4% |
| 1976 | 5.0% | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 6.9% | +38.6% |
| 2004 | 6.9% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 6.2% | -10.2% |
| 2006 | 4.4% | -29.4% |
| 2007 | 2.7% | -37.7% |
| 2008 | 2.8% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 2.7% | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | +37.6% |
| 2011 | 5.4% | +43.7% |
| 2012 | 6.5% | +20.9% |
| 2013 | 8.6% | +32.5% |
| 2014 | 7.5% | -12.9% |
| 2015 | 8.2% | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 10.0% | +21.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.1% | 5.0% | 7.1% | 5 |
| 2000s | 4.7% | 2.7% | 6.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 6.7% | 3.8% | 8.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 10.0% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 1 |
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More public sector data for Honduras
- Arms imports 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.6466 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 -100 % change on previous year (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 53.69 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0157 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 11.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 581.27 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 35.75 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Honduras?
- Interest payments in Honduras was 10.0% in 2020, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 10.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2009.
- How does Honduras rank for interest payments?
- Honduras ranks 52nd out of 152 countries with data for 2020.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 165.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras 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.