Interest payments in Switzerland
Switzerland: Interest payments was 0.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Switzerland, 1972–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 0.9% for interest payments in 2024.
The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and down 48.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Switzerland peaked at 5.0% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2021.
Switzerland ranks 142nd of 155 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.
Interest payments in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1.8% | — |
| 1973 | 1.7% | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 1.8% | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 2.2% | +24.3% |
| 1976 | 2.0% | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 2.7% | +34.3% |
| 1978 | 2.5% | -7.3% |
| 1979 | 2.5% | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 2.5% | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 2.8% | +9.6% |
| 1982 | 2.6% | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 2.4% | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 2.1% | -9.9% |
| 1990 | 3.3% | +55.9% |
| 1991 | 3.6% | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 4.3% | +20.5% |
| 1993 | 4.2% | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 5.0% | +20.3% |
| 1995 | 4.8% | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 4.3% | -10.6% |
| 1997 | 4.4% | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 4.5% | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 4.8% | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 4.2% | -12.3% |
| 2001 | 4.2% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 4.1% | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 3.6% | -11.5% |
| 2004 | 3.7% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 4.0% | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 3.8% | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 3.3% | -13.2% |
| 2009 | 2.9% | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 2.2% | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 1.8% | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -11.7% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | -19.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -18.6% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | -21.6% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | +14.6% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | +40.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | -5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.1% | 1.7% | 2.7% | 8 |
| 1980s | 2.5% | 2.1% | 2.8% | 5 |
| 1990s | 4.3% | 3.3% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.8% | 2.9% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 0.8% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More public sector data for Switzerland
- Arms imports 33.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 3.71 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 120 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 33.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 746.46 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0069 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 6.72 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 835.24 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Switzerland?
- Interest payments in Switzerland was 0.9% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 5.0% in 1994.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2021.
- How does Switzerland rank for interest payments?
- Switzerland ranks 142nd out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.