Government Interest Payments Burden — Countries (2025 snapshot; mostly 2024/2023)

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Entries: 76 Metric: Interest / Revenue Derived: Interest / GDP
Rank Country Interest / Revenue Interest / GDP
1Sri Lanka79.90% (2023)8.96% (2023)
2Ghana47.30% (2022)7.44% (2022)
3India34% (2022)3.10% (2022)
4Brazil30.10% (2024)7.83% (2023)
5Malawi29.90% (2022)5.32% (2022)
6Angola25.20% (2024)n/a
7Kenya24.30% (2023)4.56% (2023)
8Uganda20.80% (2023)3.23% (2023)
9United States20.20% (2024)3.21% (2023)
10Bahamas, The20.10% (2023)3.75% (2023)
11Dominican Republic19.30% (2024)3.16% (2023)
12Jordan18.60% (2023)4.69% (2023)
13Mexico18.50% (2023)3.53% (2023)
14Cote d'Ivoire18% (2023)2.53% (2023)
15Guinea-Bissau17.90% (2023)2.26% (2023)
16South Africa17.30% (2023)4.76% (2022)
17Fiji16.50% (2023)4.05% (2023)
18Philippines16.40% (2023)2.58% (2023)
19Costa Rica15.90% (2023)4.83% (2023)
20Mozambique15.10% (2024)2.94% (2022)
21Iceland14.90% (2023)4.73% (2023)
22Malaysia14.70% (2023)2.54% (2023)
23Namibia14.50% (2023)5.16% (2023)
24El Salvador14.30% (2024)3.90% (2023)
25Togo14% (2023)2.57% (2023)
26Papua New Guinea13.90% (2023)2.50% (2023)
27Colombia13.90% (2024)4.40% (2023)
28Tanzania13.90% (2024)2.06% (2024)
29Ethiopia12.60% (2024)0.55% (2023)
30Armenia12.60% (2024)2.67% (2023)
31Guatemala12.60% (2023)1.61% (2023)
32Senegal12.30% (2023)3.11% (2023)
33Lao PDR11.80% (2022)1.75% (2022)
34Turkiye11.70% (2024)3.65% (2023)
35Mauritius10.40% (2024)2.45% (2023)
36Paraguay10.30% (2024)1.66% (2023)
37Burkina Faso10.10% (2023)2.33% (2023)
38Israel9.13% (2023)2.90% (2023)
39Kazakhstan8.96% (2023)1.51% (2023)
40Italy8.94% (2023)3.61% (2023)
41Argentina8.60% (2023)1.53% (2023)
42United Kingdom8.32% (2024)3.20% (2023)
43Ukraine8.27% (2024)3.80% (2023)
44Canada8.22% (2024)1.47% (2023)
45Nepal8.02% (2023)0.80% (2021)
46Morocco8.01% (2023)2.11% (2023)
47Rwanda7.68% (2023)1.83% (2023)
48Greece7.46% (2023)3.44% (2023)
49Hungary7.14% (2022)2.81% (2022)
50Albania7.06% (2023)1.99% (2023)
51Uruguay6.94% (2024)2.36% (2023)
52Nicaragua6.92% (2023)1.50% (2023)
53Spain6.37% (2023)2.02% (2023)
54Thailand5.76% (2024)1.14% (2023)
55San Marino5.74% (2023)2.38% (2023)
56Moldova5.62% (2023)1.75% (2023)
57Georgia5.51% (2024)1.48% (2023)
58Portugal5.49% (2023)2.12% (2023)
59Madagascar5.41% (2023)0.71% (2023)
60Poland5.22% (2023)1.87% (2023)
61New Zealand4.99% (2023)1.06% (2022)
62Belarus4.87% (2023)1.54% (2023)
63North Macedonia4.75% (2023)1.43% (2023)
64Ecuador4.66% (2022)1.44% (2022)
65Romania4.63% (2022)1.47% (2022)
66Chile4.63% (2023)1.06% (2023)
67Korea, Rep.4.51% (2023)0% (2023)
68Mongolia4.26% (2024)1.90% (2021)
69Croatia4.20% (2023)1.59% (2023)
70Equatorial Guinea4.15% (2022)1.10% (2022)
71France3.78% (2023)1.59% (2023)
72Serbia3.63% (2022)1.42% (2022)
73Saudi Arabia3.54% (2024)0.83% (2023)
74Lesotho3.49% (2024)1.61% (2022)
75Botswana3.43% (2024)0.97% (2024)
76Czechia3.39% (2022)1.06% (2022)
WDI codes: GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS (interest/revenue). Derived interest/GDP follows the formula described in your article note (interest % of expense × expense % of GDP).