Interest payments (% of expense) in Slovenia
Slovenia: Interest payments (% of expense) was 2.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Slovenia, 1992–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2023, interest payments in Slovenia stood at 2.8%.
That represents a change of up 9.3% on the previous year and down 40.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Slovenia peaked at 6.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 1992.
Slovenia ranks 118th of 152 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Interest payments (% of expense) in Slovenia, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1.3% | — |
| 1993 | 3.2% | +150.6% |
| 1994 | 3.8% | +16.4% |
| 2002 | 4.9% | +30.3% |
| 2003 | 4.4% | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | -11.5% |
| 2005 | 3.5% | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 3.3% | -7.6% |
| 2007 | 3.1% | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | -14.7% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 3.4% | +20.9% |
| 2011 | 3.8% | +11.7% |
| 2012 | 4.2% | +10.4% |
| 2013 | 4.7% | +11.6% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | +45.6% |
| 2015 | 6.9% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 6.8% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 4.9% | -17.5% |
| 2019 | 4.0% | -18.8% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | -19.7% |
| 2021 | 2.6% | -17.7% |
| 2022 | 2.6% | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 2.8% | +9.3% |
Slovenia compared with similar countries
- Slovenia's 2.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 3.3%, 86% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Slovenia's 2.8% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3.3%, 84% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Interest payments (% of expense) in Slovenia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +150.6% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.8% | 1.3% | 3.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 2.6% | 4.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 5.2% | 3.4% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.8% | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Slovenia?
- Interest payments in Slovenia was 2.8% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 1992.
- How does Slovenia rank for interest payments?
- Slovenia ranks 118th out of 152 countries with data for 2023.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovenia 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.