Interest payments in Mauritius
Mauritius: Interest payments was 8.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Mauritius, 1973–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 8.4% for interest payments in 2023.
That represents a change of up 21.9% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Mauritius peaked at 23.4% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 4.7%, in 1975.
Mauritius ranks 65th of 152 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.0% | 4.7% | 11.1% | 7 |
| 1980s | 19.4% | 13.6% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.0% | 11.0% | 18.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.2% | 11.8% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 7.3% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 6.3% | 8.4% | 4 |
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More public sector data for Mauritius
- Arms imports 4.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Tax revenue 20.5% (2024)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 26.7% (2024)
- Taxes on goods and services 53.3% (2024)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 1.3% (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -8.1% (2024)
- Interest payments 10.4% (2024)
- Grants and other revenue 10.2% (2024)
- Other taxes 1.7% (2024)
- Compensation of employees 26.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Mauritius?
- Interest payments in Mauritius was 8.4% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 23.4% in 1985.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7% in 1975.
- How does Mauritius rank for interest payments?
- Mauritius ranks 65th out of 152 countries with data for 2023.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.