Interest payments in Honduras
Honduras: Interest payments was 10.0% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Honduras, 1972–2020
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2020, interest payments in Honduras stood at 10.0%. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 165.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Honduras peaked at 10.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2009.
That places Honduras 52nd out of 152 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.1% | 5.0% | 7.1% | 5 |
| 2000s | 4.7% | 2.7% | 6.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 6.7% | 3.8% | 8.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 10.0% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 1 |
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More public sector data for Honduras
- Arms imports 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Tax revenue 15.1% (2020)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 19.5% (2020)
- Taxes on goods and services 43.4% (2020)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 3.0% (2020)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -4.5% (2020)
- Interest payments 10.6% (2020)
- Grants and other revenue 15.7% (2020)
- Other taxes 0.5% (2020)
- Compensation of employees 48.6% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Honduras?
- Interest payments in Honduras was 10.0% in 2020, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 10.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2009.
- How does Honduras rank for interest payments?
- Honduras ranks 52nd out of 152 countries with data for 2020.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 165.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras 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.