Interest payments in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Interest payments was 93.77 billion current LCU in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Interest payments in Equatorial Guinea, 2006–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 93.77 billion current LCU for interest payments in 2022. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 28.0% on the previous year and up 198.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 93.77 billion current LCU in 2022 and was at its lowest, 449.00 million current LCU, in 2009.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 54th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 896.50 million current LCU | 449.00 million current LCU | 1.60 billion current LCU | 4 |
| 2010s | 36.82 billion current LCU | 18.49 billion current LCU | 54.27 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.24 billion current LCU | 73.24 billion current LCU | 93.77 billion current LCU | 3 |
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More public sector data for Equatorial Guinea
- Arms imports 12.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Tax revenue 6.6% (2022)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 19.8% (2022)
- Taxes on goods and services 4.0% (2022)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 3.9% (2022)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) 11.5% (2022)
- Interest payments 4.2% (2022)
- Grants and other revenue 75.1% (2022)
- Interest payments 9.9% (2022)
- Other taxes 0.1% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Equatorial Guinea?
- Interest payments in Equatorial Guinea was 93.77 billion current LCU in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 93.77 billion current LCU in 2022.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 449.00 million current LCU in 2009.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for interest payments?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 54th out of 155 countries with data for 2022.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 198.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.