Interest payments in Palau
Palau: Interest payments was 0.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Palau, 2008–2020
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 Palau is 0.5%, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and down 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Palau peaked at 0.8% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2016.
Palau ranks 146th of 152 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Palau
- 143 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.7% compare
- 144 Luxembourg 0.6% compare
- 145 Micronesia (country) 0.6% compare
- 147 Marshall Islands 0.5% compare
- 148 Singapore 0.4% compare
- 149 Afghanistan 0.1% compare
More public sector data for Palau
- Tax revenue 18.1% (2020)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 8.8% (2020)
- Taxes on goods and services 14.2% (2020)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 6.4% (2020)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -9.5% (2020)
- Interest payments 0.6% (2020)
- Grants and other revenue 63.3% (2020)
- Other taxes 1.4% (2020)
- Compensation of employees 31.0% (2020)
- Goods and services expense 18.4% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Palau?
- Interest payments in Palau was 0.5% in 2020, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2008.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2016.
- How does Palau rank for interest payments?
- Palau ranks 146th out of 152 countries with data for 2020.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palau 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.