Interest payments in IDA only
IDA only: Interest payments was 7.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in IDA only, 2010–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2021, interest payments in IDA only stood at 7.8%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 86.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in IDA only peaked at 7.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 2014.
That places IDA only 26th out of 39 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Interest payments in IDA only, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4.2% | — |
| 2012 | 4.8% | +13.5% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | -15.0% |
| 2015 | 5.1% | +25.9% |
| 2016 | 5.7% | +11.4% |
| 2017 | 5.7% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 6.4% | +12.9% |
| 2019 | 6.5% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 7.6% | +16.3% |
| 2021 | 7.8% | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.3% | 4.0% | 6.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 7.7% | 7.6% | 7.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near IDA only
- 23 South Africa 18.2% compare
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 18.0% compare
- 25 Philippines 17.3% compare
- 26 Costa Rica 16.6% compare
- 27 Malaysia 15.6% compare
- 28 Mozambique 15.1% compare
- 29 Iceland 14.9% compare
More public sector data for IDA only
- Arms imports 825.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.6649 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -20.9 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 825.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 20.41 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0146 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 21.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 25.89 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 40.44 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in IDA only?
- Interest payments in IDA only was 7.8% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in IDA only?
- The highest recorded value was 7.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 2014.
- How does IDA only rank for interest payments?
- IDA only ranks 26th out of 39 groups with data for 2021.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 86.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA only 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.