Interest payments in Serbia
Serbia: Interest payments was 4.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Serbia, 2007–2022
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 Serbia is 4.0%, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Serbia peaked at 7.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2008.
That places Serbia 101st out of 152 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Interest payments in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2.0% | — |
| 2008 | 1.5% | -25.6% |
| 2009 | 1.9% | +32.6% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | +42.0% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | +20.2% |
| 2012 | 4.6% | +38.5% |
| 2013 | 5.5% | +20.2% |
| 2014 | 6.5% | +18.9% |
| 2015 | 7.3% | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 7.4% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 6.7% | -9.2% |
| 2018 | 5.8% | -13.1% |
| 2019 | 5.3% | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | -20.4% |
| 2021 | 4.4% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 4.0% | -8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 5.5% | 2.7% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More public sector data for Serbia
- Arms imports 153.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 23.23 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -63.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 153.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 352.67 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0258 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 29.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 2.32 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 4,983 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Serbia?
- Interest payments in Serbia was 4.0% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 2016.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2008.
- How does Serbia rank for interest payments?
- Serbia ranks 101st out of 152 countries with data for 2022.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Serbia 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.