Egypt vs Iceland: Interest payments

Egypt
179.03 billion current LCU
in 2015
Iceland
206.57 billion current LCU
in 2023
Egypt rank
45th
Iceland rank
44th

Interest payments over time

  • Egypt
  • Iceland
050.0B100.0B150.0B200.0B197219972023

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 206.57 billion current LCU against 179.03 billion current LCU in Egypt, a difference of 27.53 billion current LCU.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.2 times Egypt's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Egypt ahead.

Globally, Egypt ranks 45th and Iceland ranks 44th 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.