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

Rank

Country

Value

1Lebanon (2008)50.14
2Jamaica (2008)39.1
3Pakistan (2008)34.77
4Sri Lanka (2007)30.7
5Colombia (2008)29.37
6Argentina (2004)26.46
7St. Kitts and Nevis (2006)25.74
8Turkey (2008)24.16
9Philippines (2008)24.12
10Zimbabwe (1997)23.81
11India (2008)23.35
12Guinea (1999)23.25
13Bangladesh (2008)21.81
14South Asia (2008)21.81
15Ecuador (1994)21.76
16Japan (1990)21.06
17Sierra Leone (2004)21.02
18Papua New Guinea (2002)19.9
19Panama (2001)19.31
20Cameroon (1999)19.16
21Gambia (1990)16.62
22Egypt (2008)16.46
23Albania (2004)15.49
24Barbados (2007)15.35
25Brazil (2008)15.19
26Indonesia (2004)14.81
27Mexico (2000)13.96
28Mauritius (2008)13.71
29Seychelles (2008)13.23
30Italy (2008)12.81
31Rwanda (1992)12.15
32United States (2008)11.61
33Cyprus (2007)11.34
34Kenya (2008)11.27
35Sweden (1999)11.24
36Guatemala (2008)11.18
37Greece (2007)11.11
38Uruguay (2008)10.86
39Bahamas (2008)10.59
40Malaysia (2003)10.54
41Venezuela (2005)10.4
42Fiji (2006)10.3
43El Salvador (2008)9.75
44Yemen (1999)9.69
45Hungary (2008)9.69
46Ghana (2007)9.61
47Sudan (1999)9.39
48Democratic Republic of the Congo (1999)9.35
49Latin America & Caribbean (2008)9.2
50East Asia & Pacific (2003)9.09
51Israel (2008)9.02
52Belize (1997)9
53Costa Rica (2008)8.64
54Iceland (2008)8.61
55Belgium (2008)8.54
56Ivory Coast (2008)8.42
57Burundi (1996)8.42
58Malta (2008)8.24
59Netherlands Antilles (1995)8.2
60Bolivia (2007)7.99
61Central African Republic (2004)7.98
62Uganda (2008)7.94
63South Africa (2008)7.76
64Peru (2008)7.69
65Ethiopia (2002)7.63
66Zambia (2007)7.2
67Portugal (2008)7.16
68Tunisia (2008)7
69Madagascar (2007)6.98
70Poland (2008)6.96
71Dominican Republic (2007)6.83
72Jordan (2008)6.67
73Middle East & North Africa (2008)6.67
74Euro area (2008)6.54
75Austria (2008)6.54
76Republic of the Congo (2005)6.48
77Trinidad and Tobago (2007)6.47
78Namibia (2007)6.29
79Canada (2007)6.1
80Germany (2007)5.96
81France (2007)5.93
82United Kingdom (2008)5.81
83Low & middle income (2007)5.77
84High income: OECD (2007)5.61
85South Korea (2007)5.61
86North Korea (2007)5.61
87Nicaragua (2008)5.35
88Nepal (2008)5.28
89Tajikistan (2004)5.09
90Thailand (2008)4.91
91Croatia (2007)4.82
92High income (2007)4.82
93Spain (2008)4.75
94Senegal (2001)4.56
95Oman (2001)4.55
96Swaziland (2003)4.51
97Denmark (2007)4.47
98Netherlands (2007)4.43
99Switzerland (2007)4.41
100Togo (2008)4.33
101China (2006)4.33
102Lower middle income (2008)4.27
103Maldives (2008)4.22
104Slovakia (2008)4.13
105Cape Verde (2008)4.07
106Morocco (2008)3.63
107Middle income (2008)3.63
108Czech Republic (2008)3.62
109Australia (2007)3.48
110New Zealand (2007)3.42
111Vanuatu (1999)3.41
112Kyrgyzstan (2008)3.27
113Finland (2007)3.24
114Moldova (2008)3.19
115Laos (2007)3.07
116Paraguay (2008)2.94
117Ireland (2007)2.83
118Slovenia (2008)2.79
119Honduras (2008)2.5
120High income: nonOECD (2007)2.45
121Bulgaria (2008)2.27
122Upper middle income (2008)2.27
123Georgia (2008)2.16
124Bhutan (2004)2.12
125Lithuania (2008)2.03
126San Marino (2006)2.01
127Burkina Faso (2008)2.01
128Romania (2008)2
129Bahrain (2008)2
130Chile (2008)1.92
131Macedonia (2008)1.89
132Europe & Central Asia (2008)1.87
133Kazakhstan (2008)1.86
134Niger (2007)1.8
135Benin (2008)1.7
136Mali (2007)1.68
137Norway (2008)1.6
138Qatar (2008)1.49
139Cambodia (2006)1.47
140Serbia (2008)1.45
141Belarus (2008)1.37
142Armenia (2008)1.33
143Lesotho (2008)1.33
144Ukraine (2008)1.27
145Latvia (2008)1.27
146Botswana (1996)1.25
147Algeria (2008)1.23
148Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)1.18
149Russia (2008)1.1
150Mongolia (2008)1
151Iran (2008)0.78
152Luxembourg (2007)0.42
153Azerbaijan (2008)0.31
154Estonia (2007)0.19
155Afghanistan (2008)0.06
156Singapore (2008)0.06
157Kuwait (2008)0.03
158Macau (1998)0.01
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