Interest payments in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Interest payments was 0.1% in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Interest payments in Timor-Leste, 2011–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2022, interest payments in Timor-Leste stood at 0.1%.
The figure is down 25.1% on the previous year and up 1,131,720.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Timor-Leste peaked at 0.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2012.
Timor-Leste ranks 153rd of 155 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Interest payments in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.0% | — |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -99.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +69482.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -99.4% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | +171071.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +106.4% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -25.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 3 |
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More public sector data for Timor-Leste
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 33.13 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0249 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -15.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 46.40 million current USD (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 3,706 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
- Tax revenue 21.6% (2022)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 30.2% (2022)
- Taxes on goods and services 5.4% (2022)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 4.4% (2022)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) 1.6% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Timor-Leste?
- Interest payments in Timor-Leste was 0.1% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2012.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for interest payments?
- Timor-Leste ranks 153rd out of 155 countries with data for 2022.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,131,720.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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.