Argentina vs Paraguay: Interest payments

Argentina

8.35 trillion current LCU

in 2024

Paraguay

6.64 trillion current LCU

in 2024

Argentina rank

5th

Paraguay rank

8th

Interest payments over time

Argentina
Paraguay

How they compare

Argentina currently reports 8.35 trillion current LCU against 6.64 trillion current LCU in Paraguay, a difference of 1.71 trillion current LCU.

That makes Argentina's figure about 1.3 times Paraguay's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Paraguay ahead.

Globally, Argentina ranks 5th and Paraguay ranks 8th of 155 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Interest payments (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 155 places, 4,505 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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 in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.