Interest payments in Seychelles
Seychelles: Interest payments was 19.7% in 2008. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Seychelles, 1985–2008
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2008, interest payments in Seychelles stood at 19.7%.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Seychelles peaked at 21.5% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 1986.
That places Seychelles 13th out of 152 countries with data for 2008, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.7% | 6.7% | 20.0% | 5 |
| 1990s | 19.8% | 17.6% | 21.5% | 7 |
| 2000s | 18.9% | 16.9% | 21.4% | 5 |
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More public sector data for Seychelles
- Arms imports 19.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Tax revenue 22.1% (2008)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 15.8% (2008)
- Taxes on goods and services 36.0% (2008)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 2.6% (2008)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) 7.2% (2008)
- Interest payments 14.1% (2008)
- Grants and other revenue 35.4% (2008)
- Other taxes 1.5% (2000)
- Compensation of employees 37.3% (2008)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Seychelles?
- Interest payments in Seychelles was 19.7% in 2008, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 21.5% in 1995.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 1986.
- How does Seychelles rank for interest payments?
- Seychelles ranks 13th out of 152 countries with data for 2008.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.