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Costa Rica vs Laos: Interest payments

Costa Rica
2.37 trillion current LCU
in 2024
Laos
3.81 trillion current LCU
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
17th
Laos rank
14th

Interest payments over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Laos
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How they compare

Laos currently reports 3.81 trillion current LCU against 2.37 trillion current LCU in Costa Rica, a difference of 1.44 trillion current LCU.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.6 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Laos ahead.

Globally, Costa Rica ranks 17th 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

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.