Interest payments in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Interest payments was 20.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Bangladesh, 2001–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2021, interest payments in Bangladesh stood at 20.8%.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Bangladesh peaked at 21.8% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 15.5%, in 2001.
Bangladesh ranks 16th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Interest payments in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15.5% | — |
| 2002 | 16.5% | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 16.7% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 16.4% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 16.9% | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 19.1% | +13.0% |
| 2007 | 20.7% | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 21.8% | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 21.7% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 18.3% | -15.8% |
| 2011 | 15.9% | -13.3% |
| 2012 | 16.7% | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 17.2% | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 18.4% | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 20.4% | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 18.5% | -9.6% |
| 2017 | 18.7% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 18.1% | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 19.0% | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 21.1% | +10.8% |
| 2021 | 20.8% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.4% | 15.5% | 21.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 18.1% | 15.9% | 20.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.0% | 20.8% | 21.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More public sector data for Bangladesh
- Arms imports 75.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4321 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 8.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 75.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 23.25 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.009 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 4.03 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 530.85 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Bangladesh?
- Interest payments in Bangladesh was 20.8% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 21.8% in 2008.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5% in 2001.
- How does Bangladesh rank for interest payments?
- Bangladesh ranks 16th out of 155 countries with data for 2021.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.