Burkina Faso vs Rwanda: Interest payments

Burkina Faso

305.62 billion current LCU

in 2024

Rwanda

303.91 billion current LCU

in 2023

Burkina Faso rank

38th

Rwanda rank

40th

Interest payments over time

Burkina Faso
Rwanda

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 305.62 billion current LCU against 303.91 billion current LCU in Rwanda, a difference of 1.70 billion current LCU.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Globally, Burkina Faso ranks 38th and Rwanda ranks 40th 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.