Interest payments in Iraq
Iraq: Interest payments was 0.0% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Interest payments in Iraq, 2014–2019
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 0.0% for interest payments in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 99.9% on the previous year and down 99.1% over ten years.
That places Iraq 155th out of 155 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Interest payments in Iraq, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.7% | — |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +61.4% |
| 2016 | 2.6% | +134.5% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | +15.7% |
| 2018 | 5.3% | +76.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -99.9% |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 152 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.4% compare
- 153 Timor-Leste 0.1% compare
- 154 Afghanistan 0.1%
More public sector data for Iraq
- Arms imports 23.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4995 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -20.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 23.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 134.19 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0221 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 11.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 6.18 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 66.8 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Iraq?
- Interest payments in Iraq was 0.0% in 2019, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 5.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2019.
- How does Iraq rank for interest payments?
- Iraq ranks 155th out of 155 countries with data for 2019.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iraq 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.