Interest payments in Belize
Belize: Interest payments was 10.3% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Belize, 1990–2017
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2017, interest payments in Belize stood at 10.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.6% on the previous year and down 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Belize peaked at 32.7% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 1992.
Belize ranks 49th of 152 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.1% | 6.8% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.4% | 14.0% | 32.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.0% | 8.1% | 15.0% | 8 |
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More public sector data for Belize
- Arms imports 1.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Tax revenue 21.3% (2017)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 24.4% (2017)
- Taxes on goods and services 48.1% (2017)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 3.3% (2017)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -1.2% (2017)
- Interest payments 9.4% (2017)
- Grants and other revenue 12.7% (2017)
- Other taxes 0.6% (2017)
- Compensation of employees 52.4% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Belize?
- Interest payments in Belize was 10.3% in 2017, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 32.7% in 2004.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 1992.
- How does Belize rank for interest payments?
- Belize ranks 49th out of 152 countries with data for 2017.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (% of expense). 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 as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.