Government interest payments share of expense
Compare government interest payments share of expense across 85 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2023 official-source slice.
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Key Insights
- •85 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2023 observation.
- •Sri Lanka has the highest published value (49.4413883545725 % of government expense).
- •Somalia has the lowest published value (0.33875897932055 % of government expense).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 8.2% of government expense)
About This Statistic
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 49.4% of government expense |
| 2 | Brazil | 24.1% of government expense |
| 3 | Uganda | 19.5% of government expense |
| 4 | Bahamas | 18.4% of government expense |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 17.5% of government expense |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 16.7% of government expense |
| 7 | Jordan | 16.5% of government expense |
| 8 | Kenya | 16.4% of government expense |
| 9 | Togo | 16.2% of government expense |
| 10 | Mexico | 15.8% of government expense |
| 11 | Philippines | 15.3% of government expense |
| 12 | Malaysia | 14.9% of government expense |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 14.9% of government expense |
| 14 | Iceland | 14.7% of government expense |
| 15 | Fiji | 14.6% of government expense |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.1% of government expense |
| 17 | Namibia | 14.1% of government expense |
| 18 | El Salvador | 14.1% of government expense |
| 19 | Senegal | 13.2% of government expense |
| 20 | Colombia | 13.2% of government expense |
| 21 | United States of America | 12.9% of government expense |
| 22 | Armenia | 12.7% of government expense |
| 23 | Papua New Guinea | 12.3% of government expense |
| 24 | Guatemala | 12.0% of government expense |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 11.9% of government expense |
| 26 | Türkiye | 11.0% of government expense |
| 27 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10.7% of government expense |
| 28 | Rwanda | 9.8% of government expense |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 9.2% of government expense |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 9.0% of government expense |
| 31 | Paraguay | 8.8% of government expense |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 8.7% of government expense |
| 33 | Mauritius | 8.4% of government expense |
| 34 | Morocco | 7.9% of government expense |
| 35 | Albania | 7.8% of government expense |
| 36 | United Kingdom | 7.8% of government expense |
| 37 | Israel | 7.7% of government expense |
| 38 | Italy | 7.6% of government expense |
| 39 | Canada | 7.6% of government expense |
| 40 | Argentina | 7.3% of government expense |
| 41 | Greece | 7.3% of government expense |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 6.4% of government expense |
| 43 | Uruguay | 6.4% of government expense |
| 44 | Madagascar | 6.3% of government expense |
| 45 | Spain | 5.9% of government expense |
| 46 | San Marino | 5.9% of government expense |
| 47 | Georgia | 5.9% of government expense |
| 48 | Ukraine | 5.8% of government expense |
| 49 | Portugal | 5.7% of government expense |
| 50 | Thailand | 5.5% of government expense |
| 51 | Belarus | 5.4% of government expense |
| 52 | Moldova, Republic of | 5.1% of government expense |
| 53 | Poland | 4.8% of government expense |
| 54 | South Korea | 4.4% of government expense |
| 55 | Chile | 4.3% of government expense |
| 56 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 4.3% of government expense |
| 57 | Croatia | 4.2% of government expense |
| 58 | Botswana | 4.0% of government expense |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 3.4% of government expense |
| 60 | France | 3.4% of government expense |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.2% of government expense |
| 62 | Malta | 3.1% of government expense |
| 63 | Cyprus | 3.1% of government expense |
| 64 | Vanuatu | 3.0% of government expense |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 2.9% of government expense |
| 66 | Slovenia | 2.8% of government expense |
| 67 | Austria | 2.5% of government expense |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 2.3% of government expense |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.1% of government expense |
| 70 | Cambodia | 2.1% of government expense |
| 71 | Finland | 2.0% of government expense |
| 72 | Latvia | 1.9% of government expense |
| 73 | Tonga | 1.7% of government expense |
| 74 | Samoa | 1.7% of government expense |
| 75 | Netherlands | 1.6% of government expense |
| 76 | Norway | 1.6% of government expense |
| 77 | Lithuania | 1.5% of government expense |
| 78 | Denmark | 1.4% of government expense |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 1.3% of government expense |
| 80 | Switzerland | 1.0% of government expense |
| 81 | Estonia | 1.0% of government expense |
| 82 | Kiribati | 0.8% of government expense |
| 83 | Luxembourg | 0.6% of government expense |
| 84 | Singapore | 0.4% of government expense |
| 85 | Somalia | 0.3% of government expense |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).
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