Costa Rica vs Sri Lanka: Interest payments

Costa Rica
2.37 trillion current LCU
in 2024
Sri Lanka
2.46 trillion current LCU
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
17th
Sri Lanka rank
16th

Interest payments over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Sri Lanka
0500.0B1.0T1.5T2.0T2.5T197319982024

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 2.46 trillion current LCU against 2.37 trillion current LCU in Costa Rica, a difference of 87.12 billion current LCU.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Globally, Costa Rica ranks 17th and Sri Lanka ranks 16th 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.