Interest payments (% of revenue) - 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 revenue) - GFS - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Zimbabwe (1997)23.81
2Guinea (1999)23.25
3Egypt (2007)21.76
4Sierra Leone (2004)21.02
5Cameroon (1999)19.16
6Republic of the Congo (2003)18.09
7Gambia (1990)16.62
8Seychelles (2006)16.26
9Rwanda (1992)12.15
10Mauritius (2006)12.02
11Madagascar (2006)11.22
12South Africa (2006)9.53
13Tunisia (2007)9.29
14Namibia (2003)9.07
15Kenya (2005)8.92
16Burundi (1996)8.42
17Ivory Coast (2006)8.16
18North Africa (2006)8.06
19Central African Republic (2004)7.98
20Uganda (2006)7.79
21Ethiopia (2002)7.63
22Zambia (2007)7.2
23Morocco (2006)6.86
24Lesotho (2005)4.77
25Senegal (2001)4.56
26Swaziland (2003)4.51
27Burkina Faso (2006)3.09
28Algeria (2006)1.9
29Benin (2006)1.27
30Botswana (1996)1.25
31Mali (2006)0.85
32Sudan (1999)0.09
33Ghana (2004)0
34Democratic Republic of the Congo (1999)0
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