Chile vs Costa Rica: Interest payments

Chile

3.55 trillion current LCU

in 2024

Costa Rica

2.37 trillion current LCU

in 2024

Chile rank

15th

Costa Rica rank

17th

Interest payments over time

Chile
Costa Rica

How they compare

Chile currently reports 3.55 trillion current LCU against 2.37 trillion current LCU in Costa Rica, a difference of 1.18 trillion current LCU.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.5 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Globally, Chile ranks 15th and Costa Rica ranks 17th 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.