Interest payments in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: Interest payments was 1.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
1.3%
Change on year
up 81.7%
World rank
138th
of 152 countries
All-time high
1.3%
in 2022
All-time low
0.3%
in 2018
Years of data
12
2011–2022

Interest payments in Solomon Islands, 2011–2022

0.20.40.60.811.22011201620222011: 1.1 % of expense2012: 0.832 % of expense2013: 0.515 % of expense2014: 0.452 % of expense2015: 0.362 % of expense2016: 0.33 % of expense2017: 0.391 % of expense2018: 0.295 % of expense2019: 0.528 % of expense2020: 0.614 % of expense2021: 0.699 % of expense2022: 1.3 % of expense

Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.

Analysis

Solomon Islands recorded 1.3% for interest payments in 2022. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 81.7% on the previous year and up 52.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, interest payments in Solomon Islands peaked at 1.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2018.

Solomon Islands ranks 138th of 152 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.5% 0.3% 1.1% 9
2020s 0.9% 0.6% 1.3% 3

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Frequently asked questions

What is interest payments in Solomon Islands?
Interest payments in Solomon Islands was 1.3% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest interest payments recorded in Solomon Islands?
The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2022.
What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Solomon Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2018.
How does Solomon Islands rank for interest payments?
Solomon Islands ranks 138th out of 152 countries with data for 2022.
Is interest payments rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
Over the last ten years it is up 52.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Solomon Islands 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

Indicator
Interest payments (% of expense)
Unit
% of expense
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
193 places, 5,277 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

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.