Peru vs Uruguay: Interest payments

Peru

6.1%

in 2021

Uruguay

6.4%

in 2023

Peru rank

80th

Uruguay rank

78th

Interest payments over time

Peru
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 6.4% against 6.1% in Peru, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Peru ahead.

Globally, Peru ranks 80th and Uruguay ranks 78th 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: 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 as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.