Interest payments in Eswatini
Eswatini: Interest payments was 7.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Eswatini, 1999–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 7.6% for interest payments in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.3% on the previous year and up 127.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Eswatini peaked at 8.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2015.
That places Eswatini 73rd out of 152 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.0% | 2.9% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 2.7% | 5.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 7.9% | 7.6% | 8.1% | 2 |
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More public sector data for Eswatini
- Tax revenue 24.3% (2021)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 34.4% (2021)
- Taxes on goods and services 25.8% (2021)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 5.3% (2021)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -4.6% (2021)
- Interest payments 7.4% (2021)
- Grants and other revenue 3.8% (2021)
- Other taxes 0.5% (2021)
- Compensation of employees 47.0% (2021)
- Goods and services expense 16.1% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Eswatini?
- Interest payments in Eswatini was 7.6% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2015.
- How does Eswatini rank for interest payments?
- Eswatini ranks 73rd out of 152 countries with data for 2021.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 127.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.