Interest payments in Tunisia
Tunisia: Interest payments was 5.6% in 2012. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Tunisia, 1972–2012
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2012, interest payments in Tunisia stood at 5.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Tunisia peaked at 13.3% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 1975.
Tunisia ranks 84th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Interest payments in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 4.8% | — |
| 1973 | 4.5% | -6.3% |
| 1974 | 4.2% | -6.3% |
| 1975 | 3.1% | -25.6% |
| 1976 | 3.3% | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 3.4% | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 3.8% | +12.0% |
| 1979 | 5.1% | +33.2% |
| 1980 | 4.5% | -12.0% |
| 1981 | 4.9% | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 5.8% | +19.0% |
| 1983 | 6.4% | +10.8% |
| 1984 | 6.8% | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 8.1% | +18.0% |
| 1986 | 9.0% | +11.8% |
| 1987 | 10.3% | +13.8% |
| 1988 | 10.0% | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 10.3% | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 10.6% | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 11.5% | +8.9% |
| 1992 | 10.7% | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 11.4% | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 11.0% | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 12.3% | +11.6% |
| 1996 | 13.3% | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 12.9% | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 11.4% | -11.6% |
| 1999 | 11.6% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 11.3% | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 10.4% | -8.7% |
| 2002 | 10.1% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 9.5% | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 9.5% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 9.6% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 9.3% | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 8.8% | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | -20.1% |
| 2009 | 6.9% | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 6.3% | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 5.6% | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 5.6% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.0% | 3.1% | 5.1% | 8 |
| 1980s | 7.6% | 4.5% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.7% | 10.6% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.2% | 6.9% | 11.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.8% | 5.6% | 6.3% | 3 |
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More public sector data for Tunisia
- Arms imports 78.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 6.35 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 136.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 78.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 107 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0256 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 8.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.31 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 212.41 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Tunisia?
- Interest payments in Tunisia was 5.6% in 2012, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 13.3% in 1996.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 1975.
- How does Tunisia rank for interest payments?
- Tunisia ranks 84th out of 155 countries with data for 2012.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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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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.