Statizoid

Laos vs Sri Lanka: Interest payments

Laos
3.81 trillion current LCU
in 2022
Sri Lanka
2.46 trillion current LCU
in 2023
Laos rank
14th
Sri Lanka rank
16th

Interest payments over time

  • Laos
  • Sri Lanka
01.0T2.0T3.0T4.0T199020062023

How they compare

Laos currently reports 3.81 trillion current LCU against 2.46 trillion current LCU in Sri Lanka, a difference of 1.35 trillion current LCU.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.5 times Sri Lanka's.

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

Globally, Laos ranks 14th 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.