Interest payments in Egypt
Egypt: Interest payments was 24.2% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Egypt, 1975–2015
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 Egypt is 24.2%, measured in 2015.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Egypt peaked at 30.7% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 1975.
Egypt ranks 6th of 152 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.8% | 3.1% | 9.4% | 5 |
| 1980s | 9.9% | 5.0% | 14.7% | 9 |
| 1990s | 23.5% | 16.3% | 30.7% | 8 |
| 2000s | 18.2% | 14.0% | 21.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 21.0% | 17.9% | 24.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More public sector data for Egypt
- Arms imports 72.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Tax revenue 12.5% (2015)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 24.1% (2015)
- Taxes on goods and services 26.1% (2015)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 2.5% (2015)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -10.7% (2015)
- Interest payments 33.3% (2015)
- Grants and other revenue 43.2% (2015)
- Other taxes 2.5% (2015)
- Compensation of employees 27.2% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Egypt?
- Interest payments in Egypt was 24.2% in 2015, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 30.7% in 1994.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 1975.
- How does Egypt rank for interest payments?
- Egypt ranks 6th out of 152 countries with data for 2015.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 36 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.