Lithuania vs Samoa: Interest payments

Lithuania
1.5%
in 2023
Samoa
1.7%
in 2023
Lithuania rank
133rd
Samoa rank
130th

Interest payments over time

  • Lithuania
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 1.7% against 1.5% in Lithuania, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Lithuania ahead.

Globally, Lithuania ranks 133rd and Samoa ranks 130th of 152 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Interest payments (% of expense)
Unit
% of expense
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
193 places, 5,277 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 as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.