Interest payments (% of expense) - GFS - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African 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. Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.
Interest payments (% of expense) - GFS - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Guinea (1999)32.19
2Gambia (1990)23.63
3Cameroon (1999)22.44
4Zimbabwe (1997)21.18
5Sierra Leone (2004)18.83
6Egypt (2007)17.56
7Seychelles (2007)16.47
8Mauritius (2007)14.6
9Rwanda (1992)11.8
10Kenya (2007)10.92
11Republic of the Congo (2005)10.85
12Ghana (2007)10.64
13Madagascar (2007)10.07
14Sudan (1999)9.95
15South Africa (2007)8.84
16Tunisia (2008)8.75
17Central African Republic (2004)8.56
18Ivory Coast (2007)8.53
19Uganda (2006)8.36
20Namibia (2003)8.21
21North Africa (2007)7.9
22Burundi (1996)7.4
23Zambia (2007)6.94
24Ethiopia (2002)6.88
25Morocco (2007)6.72
26Cape Verde (2006)6.68
27Togo (2007)5.94
28Senegal (2001)5.82
29Democratic Republic of the Congo (1999)5.65
30Lesotho (2007)5.48
31Swaziland (2003)5.08
32Algeria (2007)4.61
33Burkina Faso (2006)4.48
34Niger (2007)2.98
35Mali (2007)2.35
36Botswana (1996)1.96
37Benin (2006)1.74
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