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Australia vs Ghana: Interest payments

Australia
19.17 billion current LCU
in 2022
Ghana
29.35 billion current LCU
in 2023
Australia rank
78th
Ghana rank
76th

Interest payments over time

  • Australia
  • Ghana
010.0B20.0B30.0B40.0B50.0B197219972023

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 29.35 billion current LCU against 19.17 billion current LCU in Australia, a difference of 10.18 billion current LCU.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.5 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 78th and Ghana ranks 76th 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

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.