Interest payments (% of revenue) in Honduras
Honduras: Interest payments (% of revenue) was 10.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Honduras, 1972–2020
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 Honduras is 10.6%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 173.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Honduras peaked at 10.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2008.
That places Honduras 50th out of 155 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Interest payments (% of revenue) in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 6.2% | — |
| 1973 | 6.0% | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 5.3% | -10.6% |
| 1975 | 4.9% | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 4.3% | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 6.9% | +59.9% |
| 2004 | 6.3% | -8.9% |
| 2005 | 5.6% | -9.9% |
| 2006 | 3.9% | -31.4% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | -32.9% |
| 2008 | 2.5% | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 2.9% | +16.0% |
| 2010 | 3.9% | +34.5% |
| 2011 | 5.5% | +41.9% |
| 2012 | 6.9% | +25.3% |
| 2013 | 8.9% | +29.2% |
| 2014 | 7.6% | -14.6% |
| 2015 | 7.7% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 10.6% | +37.5% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 10.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8.6%, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 10.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12.5%, 85% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.3% | 4.3% | 6.2% | 5 |
| 2000s | 4.4% | 2.5% | 6.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 3.9% | 8.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 10.6% | 10.6% | 10.6% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Honduras?
- Interest payments in Honduras was 10.6% in 2020, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 10.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2008.
- How does Honduras rank for interest payments?
- Honduras ranks 50th out of 155 countries with data for 2020.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 173.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras 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.