Interest payments in Croatia
Croatia: Interest payments was 4.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Croatia, 1991–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
The most recent figure for interest payments in Croatia is 4.2%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 7.6% on the previous year and down 49.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Croatia peaked at 9.1% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1991.
That places Croatia 98th out of 152 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.3% | 0.4% | 6.5% | 4 |
| 2000s | 4.8% | 4.1% | 5.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 7.7% | 5.9% | 9.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 3.9% | 5.0% | 4 |
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More public sector data for Croatia
- Arms imports 90.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Tax revenue 21.2% (2023)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 7.9% (2023)
- Taxes on goods and services 47.1% (2023)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 3.2% (2023)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -1.4% (2023)
- Interest payments 4.2% (2023)
- Grants and other revenue 16.3% (2023)
- Other taxes 0.8% (2023)
- Compensation of employees 14.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Croatia?
- Interest payments in Croatia was 4.2% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 9.1% in 2015.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1991.
- How does Croatia rank for interest payments?
- Croatia ranks 98th out of 152 countries with data for 2023.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia 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.