Interest payments in IDA only
IDA only: Interest payments was 9.2% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in IDA only, 2010–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
IDA only recorded 9.2% for interest payments in 2021. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.6% on the previous year and up 72.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in IDA only peaked at 9.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 2014.
That places IDA only 20th out of 39 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Interest payments in IDA only, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5.4% | — |
| 2012 | 5.9% | +11.0% |
| 2014 | 5.3% | -10.4% |
| 2015 | 6.4% | +21.1% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 6.7% | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 7.8% | +17.2% |
| 2019 | 7.9% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 8.4% | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 9.2% | +9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.6% | 5.3% | 7.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 8.8% | 8.4% | 9.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near IDA only
- 17 Dominican Republic 17.5% compare
- 18 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17.0% compare
- 19 Costa Rica 16.7% compare
- 20 Jordan 16.5% compare
- 21 Kenya 16.4% compare
- 22 Togo 16.2% compare
- 23 Saint Lucia 16.1% compare
More public sector data for IDA only
- Arms imports 825.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.6649 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -20.9 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 825.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 20.41 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0146 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 21.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 25.89 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 40.44 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in IDA only?
- Interest payments in IDA only was 9.2% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in IDA only?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 2014.
- How does IDA only rank for interest payments?
- IDA only ranks 20th out of 39 groups with data for 2021.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA only 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.