Interest payments in IDA total
IDA total: Interest payments was 9.2% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in IDA total, 2012–2021
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 IDA total is 9.2%, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.6% on the previous year and up 71.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in IDA total peaked at 9.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.1%, in 2014.
That places IDA total 20th out of 39 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
Interest payments in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5.4% | — |
| 2014 | 5.1% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 5.5% | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 6.1% | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 7.1% | +16.5% |
| 2018 | 9.1% | +28.1% |
| 2019 | 8.0% | -11.3% |
| 2020 | 8.4% | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 9.2% | +9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.6% | 5.1% | 9.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 8.8% | 8.4% | 9.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
- 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 total
- Arms imports 3.43 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.8 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0012 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 27.68 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 3.43 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 20.68 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0139 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 9.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 40.23 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 135.37 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in IDA total?
- Interest payments in IDA total 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 total?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1% in 2014.
- How does IDA total rank for interest payments?
- IDA total ranks 20th out of 39 groups with data for 2021.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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.