Interest payments (% of revenue) in Fiji
Fiji: Interest payments (% of revenue) was 13.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Fiji, 1990–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, interest payments in Fiji stood at 13.9%.
The figure is down 15.9% on the previous year and up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Fiji peaked at 18.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 2017.
Fiji ranks 37th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Interest payments (% of revenue) in Fiji, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 12.7% | — |
| 1991 | 13.5% | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 11.6% | -13.8% |
| 1993 | 11.1% | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 10.6% | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 12.4% | +17.0% |
| 1996 | 11.4% | -7.7% |
| 2004 | 10.1% | -11.3% |
| 2005 | 10.5% | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 10.3% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 15.3% | +48.4% |
| 2008 | 11.8% | -22.9% |
| 2009 | 13.6% | +15.3% |
| 2010 | 14.7% | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 14.9% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 14.3% | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 13.1% | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 10.6% | -19.4% |
| 2015 | 10.3% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 9.8% | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 9.9% | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 11.2% | +12.7% |
| 2020 | 18.7% | +66.9% |
| 2021 | 17.8% | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 17.2% | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 16.5% | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 13.9% | -15.9% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 13.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.7%, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 13.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.3%, 4.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Interest payments (% of revenue) in Fiji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +66.9% | 11.2% | 18.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.9% | 10.6% | 13.5% | 7 |
| 2000s | 11.9% | 10.1% | 15.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 11.8% | 9.2% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.8% | 13.9% | 18.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
- 34 Seychelles 14.1% compare
- 35 Togo 14.0% compare
- 36 Colombia 13.9% compare
- 38 Saint Lucia 13.6% compare
- 39 Zimbabwe 13.5% compare
- 40 Trinidad and Tobago 13.2% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Fiji?
- Interest payments in Fiji was 13.9% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 18.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 2017.
- How does Fiji rank for interest payments?
- Fiji ranks 37th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji 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.