Interest payments in Palau
Palau: Interest payments was 0.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Palau, 2008–2020
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Palau recorded 0.6% for interest payments in 2020.
That represents a change of up 25.0% on the previous year and down 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Palau peaked at 1.0% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2018.
Palau ranks 147th of 155 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Interest payments in Palau, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1.0% | — |
| 2009 | 0.7% | -21.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -16.6% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -20.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | +28.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -44.8% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -13.3% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +38.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +25.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Palau
- 144 Kiribati 0.7% compare
- 145 Somalia 0.6%
- 146 Luxembourg 0.6% compare
- 148 Iran 0.6%
- 149 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.5% compare
- 150 Singapore 0.5% compare
More public sector data for Palau
- Tax revenue 18.1% (2020)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 8.8% (2020)
- Taxes on goods and services 14.2% (2020)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 6.4% (2020)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -9.5% (2020)
- Grants and other revenue 63.3% (2020)
- Interest payments 0.5% (2020)
- Other taxes 1.4% (2020)
- Compensation of employees 31.0% (2020)
- Goods and services expense 18.4% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Palau?
- Interest payments in Palau was 0.6% in 2020, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2008.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2018.
- How does Palau rank for interest payments?
- Palau ranks 147th out of 155 countries with data for 2020.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palau 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.