Morocco vs Spain: Interest payments

Morocco

31.22 billion current LCU

in 2023

Spain

33.08 billion current LCU

in 2024

Morocco rank

75th

Spain rank

73rd

Interest payments over time

Morocco
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 33.08 billion current LCU against 31.22 billion current LCU in Morocco, a difference of 1.86 billion current LCU.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Morocco's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Morocco ahead.

Globally, Morocco ranks 75th and Spain ranks 73rd 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.