Interest payments in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Interest payments was 3.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Interest payments in United Arab Emirates, 2019–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 3.0% for interest payments in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 57.9% on the previous year and up 150,689.0% over ten years.
United Arab Emirates ranks 115th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Interest payments in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.0% | — |
| 2020 | 0.1% | +3827.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +330.4% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | +245.9% |
| 2023 | 1.9% | +63.3% |
| 2024 | 3.0% | +57.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 0.1% | 3.0% | 5 |
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More public sector data for United Arab Emirates
- Arms imports 932.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 84.83 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -1.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 932.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 2,823 current USD per person (2014)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0535 current USD per US$ of GDP (2014)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -3.42 % change on previous year (2014)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 22.76 billion current USD (2014)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 13,348 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in United Arab Emirates?
- Interest payments in United Arab Emirates was 3.0% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 3.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2019.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for interest payments?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 115th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 150,689.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.