Interest payments in Guatemala
Guatemala: Interest payments was 12.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Guatemala, 1990–2024
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 Guatemala is 12.5%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Guatemala peaked at 17.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 7.5%, in 1997.
That places Guatemala 43rd out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Interest payments in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 13.9% | — |
| 1991 | 17.6% | +26.3% |
| 1992 | 9.3% | -47.4% |
| 1993 | 10.1% | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 11.5% | +14.8% |
| 1995 | 11.2% | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 11.5% | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 7.5% | -34.5% |
| 1998 | 10.6% | +41.0% |
| 1999 | 10.8% | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 10.8% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 11.6% | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 10.6% | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 10.2% | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 10.9% | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 11.6% | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 10.7% | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 11.4% | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 11.2% | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 12.6% | +13.1% |
| 2010 | 13.0% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 12.5% | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 12.9% | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 13.1% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 11.7% | -11.2% |
| 2015 | 13.4% | +14.8% |
| 2016 | 12.6% | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 12.5% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 12.8% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 13.7% | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 15.2% | +11.3% |
| 2021 | 13.4% | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 12.7% | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 12.6% | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 12.5% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.4% | 7.5% | 17.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.2% | 10.2% | 12.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.8% | 11.7% | 13.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.3% | 12.5% | 15.2% | 5 |
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More public sector data for Guatemala
- Arms imports 6.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.331 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -40 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 6.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 22.56 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0037 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -5.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 415.19 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 55.99 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Guatemala?
- Interest payments in Guatemala was 12.5% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 17.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.5% in 1997.
- How does Guatemala rank for interest payments?
- Guatemala ranks 43rd out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.