Interest payments (% of revenue) in Other small states
Other small states: Interest payments (% of revenue) was 2.8% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Interest payments in Other small states, 1983–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, interest payments in Other small states stood at 2.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 42.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Other small states peaked at 24.0% in 1983 and was at its lowest, 1.8%, in 2022.
Other small states ranks 40th of 41 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Interest payments (% of revenue) in Other small states, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 24.0% | — |
| 1984 | 23.8% | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 23.7% | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 21.4% | -9.4% |
| 1987 | 17.1% | -20.3% |
| 1988 | 13.2% | -23.0% |
| 1989 | 11.4% | -13.2% |
| 1990 | 14.9% | +30.0% |
| 1991 | 7.8% | -47.5% |
| 1992 | 12.9% | +65.4% |
| 1993 | 9.5% | -26.3% |
| 1994 | 9.3% | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 6.2% | -33.4% |
| 1996 | 7.4% | +19.5% |
| 1997 | 6.7% | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 7.1% | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 2.6% | -63.0% |
| 2000 | 3.4% | +31.7% |
| 2001 | 4.4% | +28.6% |
| 2002 | 5.0% | +13.1% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | -30.5% |
| 2004 | 5.6% | +61.4% |
| 2005 | 5.8% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 5.0% | -13.9% |
| 2007 | 4.3% | -14.1% |
| 2008 | 4.5% | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 4.8% | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 4.4% | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 4.3% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | -46.3% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | +221.2% |
| 2014 | 4.8% | -35.4% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | -49.0% |
| 2016 | 5.1% | +106.9% |
| 2017 | 4.1% | -19.5% |
| 2018 | 5.6% | +35.4% |
| 2019 | 4.6% | -17.5% |
| 2020 | 5.2% | +12.8% |
| 2021 | 4.2% | -19.0% |
| 2022 | 1.8% | -57.5% |
| 2023 | 2.9% | +61.0% |
| 2024 | 2.8% | -2.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Interest payments (% of revenue) in Other small states changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +221.2% | 2.3% | 7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 19.2% | 11.4% | 24.0% | 7 |
| 1990s | 8.4% | 2.6% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.7% | 3.4% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.5% | 2.3% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 1.8% | 5.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Other small states
More public sector data for Other small states
- Arms imports 244.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2025)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 8.29 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -84.9 % change on previous year (2012)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 104.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 235.91 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 14.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 3.05 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 378.3 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Other small states?
- Interest payments in Other small states was 2.8% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Other small states?
- The highest recorded value was 24.0% in 1983.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Other small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8% in 2022.
- How does Other small states rank for interest payments?
- Other small states ranks 40th out of 41 groups with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Other small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Other small states 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.