Interest payments (% of expense) — series 2
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.
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Key Insights
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: 8.7%)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 49.4% |
| 2 | Ghana | 32.8% |
| 3 | Angola | 31.9% |
| 4 | Zambia | 26.5% |
| 5 | Malawi | 26.3% |
| 6 | Egypt | 24.2% |
| 7 | Brazil | 24.1% |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 24.0% |
| 9 | India | 23.2% |
| 10 | Barbados | 22.5% |
| 11 | Jamaica | 22.0% |
| 12 | Republic of The Gambia | 21.4% |
| 13 | Gabon | 20.4% |
| 14 | Seychelles | 19.7% |
| 15 | Uganda | 19.5% |
| 16 | Bahrain | 18.9% |
| 17 | Bahamas | 18.4% |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 17.5% |
| 19 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 17.0% |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 16.7% |
| 21 | Jordan | 16.5% |
| 22 | Kenya | 16.4% |
| 23 | Togo | 16.2% |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 16.1% |
| 25 | Mexico | 15.8% |
| 26 | Philippines | 15.3% |
| 27 | Lebanon | 15.2% |
| 28 | Malaysia | 14.9% |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 14.9% |
| 30 | Iceland | 14.7% |
| 31 | Fiji | 14.6% |
| 32 | South Africa | 14.3% |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.1% |
| 34 | Namibia | 14.1% |
| 35 | El Salvador | 14.1% |
| 36 | Panama | 13.4% |
| 37 | Senegal | 13.2% |
| 38 | Colombia | 13.2% |
| 39 | United States of America | 12.9% |
| 40 | Armenia | 12.7% |
| 41 | United Republic of Tanzania | 12.6% |
| 42 | Guinea | 12.6% |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 12.3% |
| 44 | Guatemala | 12.0% |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 11.9% |
| 46 | Republic of the Congo | 11.5% |
| 47 | Mozambique | 11.3% |
| 48 | Türkiye | 11.0% |
| 49 | Indonesia | 10.9% |
| 50 | Niger | 10.4% |
| 51 | Belize | 10.3% |
| 52 | Myanmar | 10.2% |
| 53 | Zimbabwe | 10.0% |
| 54 | Honduras | 10.0% |
| 55 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.9% |
| 56 | Rwanda | 9.8% |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.6% |
| 58 | Bolivia | 9.5% |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 9.2% |
| 60 | Ethiopia | 9.0% |
| 61 | Maldives | 8.8% |
| 62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.8% |
| 63 | Cape Verde | 8.8% |
| 64 | Paraguay | 8.8% |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 8.7% |
| 66 | Mali | 8.5% |
| 67 | Mauritius | 8.4% |
| 68 | Morocco | 7.9% |
| 69 | Albania | 7.8% |
| 70 | Cameroon | 7.8% |
| 71 | United Kingdom | 7.8% |
| 72 | Israel | 7.7% |
| 73 | Italy | 7.6% |
| 74 | Canada | 7.6% |
| 75 | Eswatini | 7.6% |
| 76 | Argentina | 7.3% |
| 77 | Greece | 7.3% |
| 78 | Hungary | 6.6% |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 6.4% |
| 80 | Uruguay | 6.4% |
| 81 | Madagascar | 6.3% |
| 82 | Peru | 6.1% |
| 83 | Mongolia | 6.0% |
| 84 | Spain | 5.9% |
| 85 | San Marino | 5.9% |
| 86 | Georgia | 5.9% |
| 87 | Ukraine | 5.8% |
| 88 | Portugal | 5.7% |
| 89 | Thailand | 5.5% |
| 90 | Belarus | 5.4% |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 5.2% |
| 92 | Tunisia | 5.1% |
| 93 | Moldova, Republic of | 5.1% |
| 94 | Poland | 4.8% |
| 95 | Sudan | 4.8% |
| 96 | Ecuador | 4.7% |
| 97 | South Korea | 4.4% |
| 98 | Chile | 4.3% |
| 99 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 4.3% |
| 100 | Croatia | 4.2% |
| 101 | Nepal | 4.1% |
| 102 | Botswana | 4.0% |
| 103 | Serbia | 4.0% |
| 104 | Lesotho | 4.0% |
| 105 | Romania | 3.9% |
| 106 | Saudi Arabia | 3.4% |
| 107 | France | 3.4% |
| 108 | Burundi | 3.3% |
| 109 | Ireland | 3.3% |
| 110 | Belgium | 3.2% |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.2% |
| 112 | Czech Republic | 3.1% |
| 113 | Malta | 3.1% |
| 114 | Cyprus | 3.1% |
| 115 | Australia | 3.0% |
| 116 | New Zealand | 3.0% |
| 117 | Vanuatu | 3.0% |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 2.9% |
| 119 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.9% |
| 120 | Slovenia | 2.8% |
| 121 | Slovakia | 2.7% |
| 122 | Austria | 2.5% |
| 123 | Russian Federation | 2.4% |
| 124 | United Arab Emirates | 2.3% |
| 125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.1% |
| 126 | Cambodia | 2.1% |
| 127 | Azerbaijan | 2.1% |
| 128 | Finland | 2.0% |
| 129 | Bhutan | 1.9% |
| 130 | Latvia | 1.9% |
| 131 | Tonga | 1.7% |
| 132 | Samoa | 1.7% |
| 133 | Netherlands | 1.6% |
| 134 | Norway | 1.6% |
| 135 | Lithuania | 1.5% |
| 136 | Denmark | 1.4% |
| 137 | Sweden | 1.4% |
| 138 | Germany | 1.4% |
| 139 | Bulgaria | 1.3% |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 1.3% |
| 141 | Switzerland | 1.0% |
| 142 | Estonia | 1.0% |
| 143 | Kiribati | 0.8% |
| 144 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.7% |
| 145 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.7% |
| 146 | Luxembourg | 0.6% |
| 147 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.6% |
| 148 | Palau | 0.5% |
| 149 | Marshall Islands | 0.5% |
| 150 | Singapore | 0.4% |
| 151 | Somalia | 0.3% |
| 152 | Afghanistan | 0.1% |
| 153 | Timor-Leste | 0.1% |
| 154 | Kuwait | 0.1% |
| 155 | Macao | 0.0% |
| 156 | Iraq | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).
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