Germany vs Sweden: Interest payments

Germany

32.06 billion current LCU

in 2024

Sweden

22.96 billion current LCU

in 2024

Germany rank

74th

Sweden rank

77th

Interest payments over time

Germany
Sweden

How they compare

Germany currently reports 32.06 billion current LCU against 22.96 billion current LCU in Sweden, a difference of 9.10 billion current LCU.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.4 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Sweden ahead.

Globally, Germany ranks 74th and Sweden ranks 77th 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.