| Interest payments (current LCU) - Expense - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Indonesia (2004) | 62,485,700,000,000 |
| 2 | Colombia (2008) | 33,141,002,276,000 |
| 3 | North Korea (2007) | 13,443,800,000,000 |
| 4 | South Korea (2007) | 13,443,800,000,000 |
| 5 | Japan (1990) | 13,081,000,000,000 |
| 6 | Iran (2008) | 7,974,100,000,000 |
| 7 | Lebanon (2008) | 4,957,351,000,000 |
| 8 | India (2008) | 1,867,040,000,000 |
| 9 | Hungary (2008) | 1,059,302,000,000 |
| 10 | Zambia (2007) | 727,049,002,065 |
| 11 | Belarus (2008) | 693,200,000,000 |
| 12 | Pakistan (2008) | 489,681,000,000 |
| 13 | Paraguay (2008) | 445,146,685,085 |
| 14 | Chile (2008) | 441,928,000,000 |
| 15 | Costa Rica (2008) | 342,583,511,577 |
| 16 | Uganda (2008) | 309,405,532,901 |
| 17 | United States (2008) | 292,463,000,000 |
| 18 | Philippines (2008) | 282,855,000,000 |
| 19 | Guinea (1999) | 208,150,000,000 |
| 20 | Laos (2007) | 197,815,400,315 |
| 21 | Sri Lanka (2007) | 182,681,000,000 |
| 22 | Ivory Coast (2008) | 181,900,000,000 |
| 23 | Cameroon (1999) | 166,200,000,000 |
| 24 | Madagascar (2007) | 155,668,000,000 |
| 25 | Russia (2008) | 155,500,000,000 |
| 26 | Bangladesh (2008) | 135,769,443,000 |
| 27 | Sierra Leone (2004) | 129,563,793,855 |
| 28 | Jamaica (2008) | 125,181,268,000 |
| 29 | Mexico (2000) | 113,161,000,000 |
| 30 | Brazil (2008) | 108,560,465,401 |
| 31 | China (2006) | 97,540,000,000 |
| 32 | Sweden (1999) | 89,825,000,000 |
| 33 | Thailand (2008) | 89,800,000,000 |
| 34 | Republic of the Congo (2005) | 86,384,000,000 |
| 35 | Italy (2008) | 75,595,000,000 |
| 36 | Algeria (2008) | 63,910,000,000 |
| 37 | Kazakhstan (2008) | 61,219,551,700 |
| 38 | South Africa (2008) | 54,625,000,000 |
| 39 | Turkey (2008) | 52,078,512,418 |
| 40 | Cambodia (2006) | 49,979,049,282 |
| 41 | Kenya (2008) | 49,852,666,076 |
| 42 | France (2007) | 47,363,000,000 |
| 43 | Czech Republic (2008) | 44,203,000,000 |
| 44 | Germany (2007) | 41,460,000,000 |
| 45 | Iceland (2008) | 41,316,537,796 |
| 46 | Egypt (2008) | 40,956,600,000 |
| 47 | United Kingdom (2008) | 32,510,000,000 |
| 48 | Denmark (2007) | 31,031,900,811 |
| 49 | Senegal (2001) | 30,300,000,000 |
| 50 | Poland (2008) | 28,863,000,000 |
| 51 | Albania (2004) | 28,422,970,000 |
| 52 | Yemen (1999) | 27,339,000,000 |
| 53 | Israel (2008) | 25,387,000,000 |
| 54 | Argentina (2004) | 21,543,400,000 |
| 55 | Norway (2008) | 20,830,000,000 |
| 56 | Mongolia (2008) | 19,840,380,500 |
| 57 | Canada (2007) | 18,396,178,000 |
| 58 | Uruguay (2008) | 18,310,933,000 |
| 59 | Dominican Republic (2007) | 16,835,180,389 |
| 60 | Serbia (2008) | 15,185,400,000 |
| 61 | Spain (2008) | 12,976,000,000 |
| 62 | Burkina Faso (2008) | 12,693,275,000 |
| 63 | Belgium (2008) | 12,178,000,000 |
| 64 | Mali (2007) | 11,772,266,132 |
| 65 | Armenia (2008) | 11,053,766,570 |
| 66 | Togo (2008) | 10,807,028,672 |
| 67 | Benin (2008) | 10,347,508,294 |
| 68 | Netherlands (2007) | 10,254,000,000 |
| 69 | Australia (2007) | 10,012,000,000 |
| 70 | Greece (2007) | 9,896,000,000 |
| 71 | Malaysia (2003) | 9,869,600,000 |
| 72 | Morocco (2008) | 9,341,585,304 |
| 73 | Venezuela (2005) | 8,941,285,371 |
| 74 | Mauritius (2008) | 7,970,600,000 |
| 75 | Zimbabwe (1997) | 7,270,600,000 |
| 76 | Niger (2007) | 7,134,445,685 |
| 77 | Austria (2008) | 6,925,160,000 |
| 78 | Nepal (2008) | 6,373,700,000 |
| 79 | Peru (2008) | 5,718,140,399 |
| 80 | Central African Republic (2004) | 5,549,943,594 |
| 81 | Croatia (2007) | 5,461,200,000 |
| 82 | Rwanda (1992) | 4,800,000,000 |
| 83 | Portugal (2008) | 4,664,620,000 |
| 84 | Burundi (1996) | 4,422,000,000 |
| 85 | Ukraine (2008) | 4,418,800,000 |
| 86 | Switzerland (2007) | 4,286,034,588 |
| 87 | Guatemala (2008) | 3,961,800,000 |
| 88 | Romania (2008) | 3,154,565,521 |
| 89 | Trinidad and Tobago (2007) | 2,698,100,000 |
| 90 | Macedonia (2008) | 2,582,006,613 |
| 91 | Finland (2007) | 2,294,000,000 |
| 92 | New Zealand (2007) | 2,254,000,000 |
| 93 | Bolivia (2007) | 2,142,386,180 |
| 94 | Qatar (2008) | 2,099,717,424 |
| 95 | Cape Verde (2008) | 1,845,435,032 |
| 96 | Ireland (2007) | 1,780,810,000 |
| 97 | Honduras (2008) | 1,625,500,000 |
| 98 | Nicaragua (2008) | 1,447,419,260 |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan (2008) | 1,348,432,000 |
| 100 | Ecuador (1994) | 1,248,000,000 |
| 101 | Namibia (2007) | 1,154,144,000 |
| 102 | Tunisia (2008) | 1,142,500,000 |
| 103 | Cyprus (2007) | 1,135,365,658 |
| 104 | Ethiopia (2002) | 946,400,000 |
| 105 | Slovakia (2008) | 817,950,165 |
| 106 | Moldova (2008) | 721,600,000 |
| 107 | Lithuania (2008) | 684,800,000 |
| 108 | Panama (2001) | 587,280,000 |
| 109 | Bulgaria (2008) | 568,766,000 |
| 110 | Papua New Guinea (2002) | 530,716,000 |
| 111 | Seychelles (2008) | 463,920,958 |
| 112 | Ghana (2007) | 440,007,400 |
| 113 | El Salvador (2008) | 432,400,000 |
| 114 | Slovenia (2008) | 403,962,412 |
| 115 | Barbados (2007) | 388,975,598 |
| 116 | Jordan (2008) | 377,800,000 |
| 117 | Maldives (2008) | 325,400,000 |
| 118 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1999) | 296,000,000 |
| 119 | Vanuatu (1999) | 247,000,000 |
| 120 | Bhutan (2004) | 220,264,000 |
| 121 | Sudan (1999) | 203,660,000 |
| 122 | Malta (2008) | 187,641,739 |
| 123 | Swaziland (2003) | 178,979,000 |
| 124 | Estonia (2007) | 151,100,000 |
| 125 | Bahamas (2008) | 149,589,000 |
| 126 | Fiji (2006) | 141,481,579 |
| 127 | Georgia (2008) | 119,300,000 |
| 128 | Lesotho (2008) | 118,400,000 |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008) | 114,508,957 |
| 130 | St. Kitts and Nevis (2006) | 113,204,032 |
| 131 | Afghanistan (2008) | 103,089,253 |
| 132 | Oman (2001) | 94,300,000 |
| 133 | Gambia (1990) | 91,720,000 |
| 134 | Botswana (1996) | 91,400,000 |
| 135 | Latvia (2008) | 59,000,000 |
| 136 | Luxembourg (2007) | 58,396,904 |
| 137 | Bahrain (2008) | 53,610,000 |
| 138 | Netherlands Antilles (1995) | 45,500,000 |
| 139 | Tajikistan (2004) | 44,309,000 |
| 140 | Singapore (2008) | 33,000,000 |
| 141 | Azerbaijan (2008) | 32,653,951 |
| 142 | Belize (1997) | 29,012,000 |
| 143 | San Marino (2006) | 10,968,414 |
| 144 | Kuwait (2008) | 5,000,000 |
| 145 | Macau (1998) | 1,130,000 |
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