Interest payments in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Interest payments was 21.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Interest payments in Guinea-Bissau, 2017–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, interest payments in Guinea-Bissau stood at 21.0%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.6% on the previous year and up 472.8% over ten years.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Interest payments in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.7% | — |
| 2018 | 3.9% | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 6.4% | +64.5% |
| 2020 | 9.2% | +44.6% |
| 2021 | 9.7% | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 8.7% | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 17.9% | +104.3% |
| 2024 | 21.0% | +17.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.6% | 3.7% | 6.4% | 3 |
| 2020s | 13.3% | 8.7% | 21.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More public sector data for Guinea-Bissau
- Arms imports 5.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (1993)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 4.72 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (1993)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0081 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (1993)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -70 % change on previous year (1991)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 5.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (1993)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 11.75 current USD per person (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0122 current USD per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 3.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 25.29 million current USD (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 177.81 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (1993)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Guinea-Bissau?
- Interest payments in Guinea-Bissau was 21.0% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 21.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 2017.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for interest payments?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 472.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.