Interest payments in Egypt
Egypt: Interest payments was 33.3% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Egypt, 1975–2015
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 33.3% for interest payments in 2015.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.4% on the previous year and up 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Egypt peaked at 33.5% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 1975.
Egypt ranks 4th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Interest payments in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 3.7% | — |
| 1976 | 4.1% | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 5.1% | +24.1% |
| 1978 | 7.8% | +53.0% |
| 1979 | 10.6% | +35.2% |
| 1981 | 5.9% | -44.2% |
| 1982 | 5.7% | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 8.4% | +48.2% |
| 1984 | 9.4% | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 9.6% | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 10.3% | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 11.4% | +10.4% |
| 1988 | 12.5% | +9.8% |
| 1989 | 13.8% | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 16.0% | +15.7% |
| 1991 | 16.4% | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 18.0% | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 23.4% | +30.0% |
| 1994 | 24.7% | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 20.5% | -17.2% |
| 1996 | 23.7% | +15.7% |
| 1997 | 21.9% | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 21.1% | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 21.8% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 22.2% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 22.4% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 19.8% | -11.8% |
| 2007 | 18.7% | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 16.5% | -11.8% |
| 2009 | 15.2% | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 20.5% | +35.2% |
| 2011 | 25.3% | +23.3% |
| 2012 | 26.8% | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 33.5% | +25.2% |
| 2014 | 30.7% | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 33.3% | +8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.3% | 3.7% | 10.6% | 5 |
| 1980s | 9.7% | 5.7% | 13.8% | 9 |
| 1990s | 20.6% | 16.0% | 24.7% | 8 |
| 2000s | 19.7% | 15.2% | 22.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 28.3% | 20.5% | 33.5% | 6 |
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More public sector data for Egypt
- Arms imports 72.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.6178 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 -93.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 72.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 20.56 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0062 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -24.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 2.40 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,156 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Egypt?
- Interest payments in Egypt was 33.3% in 2015, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 33.5% in 2013.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 1975.
- How does Egypt rank for interest payments?
- Egypt ranks 4th out of 155 countries with data for 2015.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.