Statizoid

Samoa vs Tonga: Interest payments

Samoa
1.7%
in 2023
Tonga
1.7%
in 2023
Samoa rank
130th
Tonga rank
129th

Interest payments over time

  • Samoa
  • Tonga
11.522.533.5201220172023

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 1.7% against 1.7% in Samoa, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Tonga ahead.

Globally, Samoa ranks 130th and Tonga ranks 129th 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.