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Australia vs Sweden: Interest payments

Australia
19.17 billion current LCU
in 2022
Sweden
22.96 billion current LCU
in 2024
Australia rank
78th
Sweden rank
77th

Interest payments over time

  • Australia
  • Sweden
020.0B40.0B60.0B80.0B100.0B197219982024

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 22.96 billion current LCU against 19.17 billion current LCU in Australia, a difference of 3.79 billion current LCU.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Sweden ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 78th and Sweden ranks 77th 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.