Belgium vs Netherlands: Interest payments

Belgium
10.62 billion current LCU
in 2024
Netherlands
7.78 billion current LCU
in 2024
Belgium rank
88th
Netherlands rank
91st

Interest payments over time

  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
05.0B10.0B15.0B197319982024

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 10.62 billion current LCU against 7.78 billion current LCU in Netherlands, a difference of 2.84 billion current LCU.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.4 times Netherlands's.

Across all 30 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.

Globally, Belgium ranks 88th and Netherlands ranks 91st 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
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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.