Interest payments (% of expense) - Expense - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators

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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.
Interest payments (% of expense) - Expense - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Lebanon (2008)36.97
2Jamaica (2008)35.41
3Guinea (1999)32.19
4Colombia (2008)29.15
5St. Kitts and Nevis (2006)28.38
6Argentina (2004)26.31
7Pakistan (2008)25.66
8Ecuador (1994)25.55
9Sri Lanka (2007)25.46
10Turkey (2008)24.01
11Gambia (1990)23.63
12Bangladesh (2008)22.9
13Cameroon (1999)22.44
14Philippines (2008)22.35
15South Asia (2008)22.3
16India (2008)21.7
17Panama (2001)21.46
18Zimbabwe (1997)21.18
19Papua New Guinea (2002)20.61
20Japan (1990)20.48
21Sierra Leone (2004)18.83
22Seychelles (2008)17.67
23Albania (2004)16.9
24Indonesia (2004)16.15
25Mauritius (2008)15.55
26Egypt (2008)15.09
27Brazil (2008)15.01
28Barbados (2007)14.22
29Mexico (2000)13.33
30Malaysia (2003)12.44
31Cyprus (2007)12.06
32Italy (2008)11.98
33Rwanda (1992)11.8
34Belize (1997)11.73
35Venezuela (2005)11.73
36Sweden (1999)11.54
37Guatemala (2008)11.46
38Uruguay (2008)11.24
39Kenya (2008)11.06
40Republic of the Congo (2005)10.85
41Bahamas (2008)10.78
42Ghana (2007)10.64
43Yemen (1999)10.61
44El Salvador (2008)10.57
45Greece (2007)10.37
46Latin America & Caribbean (2008)10.16
47Madagascar (2007)10.07
48Fiji (2006)10.01
49Sudan (1999)9.95
50East Asia & Pacific (2003)9.82
51Costa Rica (2008)9.75
52Ivory Coast (2008)9.68
53Bolivia (2007)9.54
54Peru (2008)9.16
55United States (2008)8.84
56Hungary (2008)8.84
57Israel (2008)8.6
58Central African Republic (2004)8.56
59Netherlands Antilles (1995)8.37
60Dominican Republic (2007)8.34
61Belgium (2008)8.32
62Uganda (2008)8.28
63Trinidad and Tobago (2007)8.04
64South Africa (2008)7.73
65Namibia (2007)7.72
66Tunisia (2008)7.57
67Malta (2008)7.41
68South Korea (2007)7.4
69North Korea (2007)7.4
70Burundi (1996)7.4
71Nepal (2005)7
72Zambia (2007)6.94
73Ethiopia (2002)6.88
74Jordan (2008)6.86
75Middle East & North Africa (2008)6.86
76Canada (2007)6.74
77Portugal (2008)6.54
78Poland (2008)6.42
79Euro area (2008)6.39
80Austria (2008)6.39
81Iceland (2008)6.3
82Low & middle income (2007)6.21
83Cape Verde (2008)5.97
84Germany (2007)5.9
85Senegal (2001)5.82
86Nicaragua (2008)5.78
87Democratic Republic of the Congo (1999)5.65
88France (2007)5.63
89Togo (2008)5.51
90High income: OECD (2007)5.44
91Thailand (2008)5.42
92United Kingdom (2008)5.26
93Tajikistan (2004)5.23
94Swaziland (2003)5.08
95Denmark (2007)5.04
96High income (2007)5.02
97Croatia (2007)5.01
98Lower middle income (2008)4.97
99Switzerland (2007)4.75
100Laos (2007)4.66
101Oman (2001)4.57
102Middle income (2008)4.51
103Morocco (2008)4.51
104Spain (2008)4.51
105Netherlands (2007)4.49
106Kyrgyzstan (2008)4.28
107Maldives (2008)4.1
108Bhutan (2004)4.07
109China (2006)4.05
110Slovakia (2008)3.94
111New Zealand (2007)3.86
112Paraguay (2008)3.83
113Finland (2007)3.78
114High income: nonOECD (2007)3.77
115Australia (2007)3.74
116Vanuatu (1999)3.59
117Qatar (2008)3.53
118Czech Republic (2008)3.51
119Moldova (2008)3.5
120Bahrain (2008)3.42
121Niger (2007)2.98
122Ireland (2007)2.92
123Slovenia (2008)2.91
124Honduras (2008)2.81
125Burkina Faso (2008)2.79
126Upper middle income (2008)2.76
127Bulgaria (2008)2.76
128Norway (2008)2.67
129Kazakhstan (2008)2.58
130Chile (2008)2.54
131Algeria (2008)2.49
132San Marino (2006)2.4
133Mali (2007)2.35
134Benin (2008)2.32
135Georgia (2008)2.15
136Macedonia (2008)2.07
137Botswana (1996)1.96
138Cambodia (2006)1.95
139Lithuania (2008)1.95
140Europe & Central Asia (2008)1.9
141Romania (2008)1.85
142Russia (2008)1.75
143Lesotho (2008)1.72
144Belarus (2008)1.57
145Armenia (2008)1.47
146Serbia (2008)1.46
147Ukraine (2008)1.25
148Latvia (2008)1.24
149Mongolia (2008)1.23
150Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)1.19
151Iran (2008)1.16
152Azerbaijan (2008)0.56
153Luxembourg (2007)0.47
154Estonia (2007)0.23
155Afghanistan (2008)0.08
156Singapore (2008)0.08
157Kuwait (2008)0.05
158Macau (1998)0.01
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