Interest payments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Interest payments was 2.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2005–2024
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina is 2.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 18.3% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Bosnia and Herzegovina peaked at 2.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2010.
That places Bosnia and Herzegovina 125th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Interest payments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1.5% | — |
| 2006 | 1.4% | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | -12.3% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | +26.8% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | +24.1% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | +14.0% |
| 2015 | 2.2% | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 2.0% | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | -15.2% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 1.8% | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | -16.3% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | +36.5% |
| 2024 | 2.4% | +18.3% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina compared with similar countries
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 2.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.7%, 27% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 2.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3.5%, 68% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bosnia and Herzegovina
More public sector data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Arms imports 12.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 3.7 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 12.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 68.25 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0073 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 9.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 215.97 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 234.38 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 3,854 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Interest payments in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 2.4% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2010.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for interest payments?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 125th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina 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.