Interest payments in Angola
Angola: Interest payments was 25.2% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Interest payments in Angola, 1999–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
The most recent figure for interest payments in Angola is 25.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 657.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Angola peaked at 25.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1999.
That places Angola 10th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Interest payments in Angola, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.2% | — |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +49.5% |
| 2001 | 2.6% | +608.2% |
| 2002 | 2.8% | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 1.8% | -36.5% |
| 2004 | 3.3% | +84.6% |
| 2005 | 2.3% | -29.5% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | -76.1% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | +89.6% |
| 2008 | 4.8% | +358.8% |
| 2009 | 8.4% | +76.7% |
| 2010 | 4.3% | -49.1% |
| 2011 | 1.7% | -59.5% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | +33.4% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | +58.1% |
| 2015 | 9.5% | +185.2% |
| 2016 | 13.7% | +44.4% |
| 2017 | 16.5% | +20.7% |
| 2018 | 20.6% | +24.5% |
| 2019 | 22.5% | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 25.2% | +12.0% |
| 2021 | 18.4% | -27.1% |
| 2022 | 13.0% | -29.5% |
| 2023 | 23.7% | +82.7% |
| 2024 | 25.2% | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.8% | 0.4% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.7% | 1.7% | 22.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.1% | 13.0% | 25.2% | 5 |
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- Arms imports 16.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4223 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 6.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 16.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 24.34 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0089 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -26.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 922.05 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 12.03 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Angola?
- Interest payments in Angola was 25.2% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 25.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1999.
- How does Angola rank for interest payments?
- Angola ranks 10th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 657.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola 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 revenue). 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 a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.