Interest payments in Slovakia
Slovakia: Interest payments was 3.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Slovakia, 1995–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 3.5% for interest payments in 2024.
The figure is up 23.3% on the previous year and down 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Slovakia peaked at 11.1% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2022.
That places Slovakia 106th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Interest payments in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6.1% | — |
| 1996 | 6.4% | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 6.1% | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 6.5% | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 8.8% | +35.2% |
| 2000 | 10.7% | +20.9% |
| 2001 | 11.1% | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 10.2% | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 7.2% | -29.6% |
| 2004 | 6.4% | -11.3% |
| 2005 | 5.0% | -21.7% |
| 2006 | 4.4% | -12.7% |
| 2007 | 4.4% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 4.2% | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 4.3% | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 4.1% | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 4.5% | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 5.4% | +18.6% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 4.7% | -13.6% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 4.0% | -16.1% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 3.4% | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 2.9% | -11.9% |
| 2022 | 2.7% | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 2.8% | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 3.5% | +23.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.8% | 6.1% | 8.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 6.8% | 4.2% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 3.4% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 2.7% | 3.5% | 5 |
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More public sector data for Slovakia
- Arms imports 298.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 54.96 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0021 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 893.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 298.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 525.49 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0202 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 16.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 2.85 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 623.96 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Slovakia?
- Interest payments in Slovakia was 3.5% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 11.1% in 2001.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2022.
- How does Slovakia rank for interest payments?
- Slovakia ranks 106th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia 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.