Interest payments (% of revenue) in Croatia
Croatia: Interest payments (% of revenue) was 4.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Croatia, 1991–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2023, interest payments in Croatia stood at 4.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.3% on the previous year and down 55.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Croatia peaked at 10.3% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1991.
That places Croatia 100th out of 155 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Interest payments (% of revenue) in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.4% | — |
| 1992 | 6.9% | +1584.8% |
| 1993 | 2.7% | -61.0% |
| 1994 | 3.1% | +15.1% |
| 2002 | 4.5% | +43.3% |
| 2003 | 4.5% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 5.0% | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 5.1% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 5.0% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 6.2% | +25.3% |
| 2010 | 7.0% | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 8.5% | +21.6% |
| 2012 | 9.4% | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 9.5% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 10.3% | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 10.0% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 9.1% | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 8.0% | -12.4% |
| 2018 | 6.9% | -13.3% |
| 2019 | 6.3% | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 5.7% | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 4.5% | -22.1% |
| 2022 | 3.8% | -13.8% |
| 2023 | 4.2% | +9.3% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 4.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 3.9%, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 4.2% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3.5%, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Interest payments (% of revenue) in Croatia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +1584.8% | 0.4% | 6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.3% | 0.4% | 6.9% | 4 |
| 2000s | 5.0% | 4.5% | 6.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 8.5% | 6.3% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6% | 3.8% | 5.7% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Croatia?
- Interest payments in Croatia was 4.2% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.3% in 2014.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1991.
- How does Croatia rank for interest payments?
- Croatia ranks 100th out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia 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.