Interest payments in Iraq

Iraq: Interest payments was 6.22 billion current LCU in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
6.22 billion current LCU
Change on year
down 99.9%
World rank
94th
of 155 countries
All-time high
5.53 trillion current LCU
in 2018
All-time low
6.22 billion current LCU
in 2019
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Interest payments in Iraq, 2014–2019

02.0T4.0T6.0T2014201620192014: 711.5B current LCU2015: 655.7B current LCU2016: 1.4T current LCU2017: 2.3T current LCU2018: 5.5T current LCU2019: 6.2B current LCU

Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in current LCU.

Analysis

In 2019, interest payments in Iraq stood at 6.22 billion current LCU. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 99.9% on the previous year and down 99.1% over ten years.

That places Iraq 94th out of 155 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Iraq

  1. 91 Netherlands 7.78 billion current LCU compare
  2. 92 Austria 6.94 billion current LCU compare
  3. 93 New Zealand 6.90 billion current LCU compare
  4. 95 Portugal 6.04 billion current LCU compare
  5. 96 Niger 5.60 billion current LCU compare
  6. 97 Moldova 5.30 billion current LCU compare

See the full ranking of 155 places →

More public sector data for Iraq

All data for Iraq →

Frequently asked questions

What is interest payments in Iraq?
Interest payments in Iraq was 6.22 billion current LCU in 2019, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest interest payments recorded in Iraq?
The highest recorded value was 5.53 trillion current LCU in 2018.
What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Iraq?
The lowest recorded value was 6.22 billion current LCU in 2019.
How does Iraq rank for interest payments?
Iraq ranks 94th out of 155 countries with data for 2019.
Is interest payments rising or falling in Iraq?
Over the last ten years it is down 99.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Iraq 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 6 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

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

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.