Chile vs Laos: Interest payments

Chile

3.55 trillion current LCU

in 2024

Laos

3.81 trillion current LCU

in 2022

Chile rank

15th

Laos rank

14th

Interest payments over time

Chile
Laos

How they compare

Laos currently reports 3.81 trillion current LCU against 3.55 trillion current LCU in Chile, a difference of 258.07 billion current LCU.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Chile ahead.

Globally, Chile ranks 15th and Laos ranks 14th 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.