Interest payments in Mozambique

Mozambique: Interest payments was 15.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
15.1%
Change on year
up 14.6%
World rank
28th
of 155 countries
All-time high
15.1%
in 2024
All-time low
3.0%
in 2010
Years of data
12
2010–2024

Interest payments in Mozambique, 2010–2024

2.557.51012.5152010201720242010: 3 % of revenue2011: 3.3 % of revenue2012: 3.3 % of revenue2016: 9.2 % of revenue2017: 8.3 % of revenue2018: 12.1 % of revenue2019: 10.3 % of revenue2020: 10.4 % of revenue2021: 9.3 % of revenue2022: 10.3 % of revenue2023: 13.2 % of revenue2024: 15.1 % of revenue

Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.

Analysis

In 2024, interest payments in Mozambique stood at 15.1%. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

The figure is up 14.6% on the previous year and up 355.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, interest payments in Mozambique peaked at 15.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2010.

Mozambique ranks 28th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Interest payments in Mozambique, year by year

Annual values for Interest payments (% of revenue) in Mozambique, 2010 to 2024.
Year % of revenue Change
2010 3.0%
2011 3.3% +9.1%
2012 3.3% +1.2%
2016 9.2% +176.9%
2017 8.3% -9.5%
2018 12.1% +45.1%
2019 10.3% -14.4%
2020 10.4% +1.0%
2021 9.3% -11.0%
2022 10.3% +11.0%
2023 13.2% +28.0%
2024 15.1% +14.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 7.1% 3.0% 12.1% 7
2020s 11.7% 9.3% 15.1% 5

Countries ranked near Mozambique

  1. 25 Philippines 17.3% compare
  2. 26 Costa Rica 16.6% compare
  3. 27 Malaysia 15.6% compare
  4. 29 Iceland 14.9% compare
  5. 30 Namibia 14.7% compare
  6. 31 El Salvador 14.3% compare

See the full ranking of 196 places →

More public sector data for Mozambique

All data for Mozambique →

Frequently asked questions

What is interest payments in Mozambique?
Interest payments in Mozambique was 15.1% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest interest payments recorded in Mozambique?
The highest recorded value was 15.1% in 2024.
What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Mozambique?
The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2010.
How does Mozambique rank for interest payments?
Mozambique ranks 28th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
Is interest payments rising or falling in Mozambique?
Over the last ten years it is up 355.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mozambique 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Interest payments in Mozambique. Statizoid, drawing on Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://public-sector.statizoid.com/stat/interest-payments-percent-of-revenue/mozambique/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://public-sector.statizoid.com/stat/interest-payments-percent-of-revenue/mozambique/">Interest payments in Mozambique</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Interest payments (% of revenue)
Unit
% of revenue
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
196 places, 5,564 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

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.