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Interest payments percentage of expense

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.Source:
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Country
Interest payments (% of expense)Interest payments (% of expense)Year
1
Lebanon
36.21%
2017
2
Sri Lanka
33.35%
2017
3
Jamaica
26.76%
2017
4
Pakistan
26.57%
2011
5
Brazil
25.06%
2017
6
Ghana
24.96%
2015
7
Egypt
24.23%
2015
8
Zambia
22.96%
2017
9
Gambia
21.39%
1990
10
India
20.53%
2017
11
Bangladesh
20.25%
2016
12
Barbados
19.95%
2015
13
Uganda
19.32%
2017
14
Dominican Republic
17.91%
2017
15
Grenada
17.66%
2014
16
Malawi
17.63%
2018
17
Mongolia
17.42%
2017
18
Angola
16.23%
2017
19
Saint Lucia
16.07%
2017
20
Philippines
13.78%
2017
21
Gabon
13.6%
2016
22
Mexico
13.34%
2017
23
Madagascar
12.85%
2002
24
Malaysia
12.83%
2017
25
Papua New Guinea
12.68%
2017
26
Guinea
12.56%
1992
27
Guatemala
12.5%
2016
28
Mozambique
12.22%
2017
29
Spain
12.1%
2017
30
Iceland
11.52%
2017
31
The Bahamas
11.48%
2017
32
Togo
11.38%
2017
33
Jordan
11.34%
2017
34
Kenya
11.14%
2017
35
Indonesia
11.14%
2017
36
Ukraine
11.13%
2017
37
El Salvador
11.11%
2017
38
United States
11.04%
2017
39
Colombia
10.8%
2017
40
Tanzania
10.58%
2018
41
Senegal
10.56%
2017
42
Niger
10.4%
1980
43
Morocco
10.39%
2017
44
Belize
10.34%
2017
45
South Africa
10.24%
2017
46
Costa Rica
10.12%
2017
47
Seychelles
9.75%
2016
48
Armenia
9.7%
2017
49
Fiji
9.67%
2017
50
Bolivia
9.54%
2007
51
Argentina
9.42%
2017
52
Portugal
9.22%
2017
53
Cape Verde
9.09%
2017
54
Japan
9.08%
2017
55
Italy
8.9%
2017
56
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
8.83%
2017
57
Myanmar
8.75%
2017
58
Namibia
8.63%
2017
59
Albania
8.58%
2017
60
Ivory Coast
8.33%
2017
61
Sierra Leone
8.29%
2014
62
Honduras
8.17%
2015
63
Republic of Ireland
8.08%
2017
64
Uruguay
7.89%
2017
65
Cameroon
7.89%
2017
66
Mauritius
7.51%
2017
67
United Kingdom
7.34%
2017
68
Cyprus
7.04%
2017
69
Vietnam
7%
2013
70
Croatia
6.89%
2017
71
Maldives
6.86%
2014
72
Central African Republic
6.8%
2016
73
Bhutan
6.79%
2017
74
Bahrain
6.73%
2013
75
Mali
6.68%
2017
76
Greece
6.59%
2017
77
Hungary
6.58%
2017
78
Qatar
6.51%
2010
79
Slovenia
6.48%
2017
80
Turkey
6.44%
2017
81
Nicaragua
6.42%
2017
82
Saint Kitts And Nevis
6.24%
2017
83
Belarus
6.05%
2017
84
Trinidad and Tobago
5.99%
2015
85
Israel
5.92%
2017
86
Canada
5.88%
2017
87
Peru
5.56%
2017
88
China
5.37%
2016
89
Malta
5.31%
2017
90
Guinea-Bissau
5.26%
2017
91
Belgium
5.25%
2017
92
Tajikistan
5.23%
2004
93
Tunisia
5.1%
2012
94
Georgia
5.09%
2017
95
Rwanda
5.02%
2017
96
Thailand
5.01%
2017
97
Republic of Macedonia
4.85%
2017
98
Sudan
4.77%
2016
99
Burundi
4.63%
2013
100
Burkina Faso
4.59%
2017
101
Serbia
4.56%
2012
102
South Korea
4.41%
2017
103
Poland
4.34%
2017
104
Lithuania
4.22%
2017
105
Romania
4.22%
2017
106
Ethiopia
4.21%
2017
107
Equatorial Guinea
4.12%
2017
108
Austria
4.09%
2017
109
New Zealand
4.07%
2017
110
Moldova
4.02%
2017
111
Kazakhstan
3.97%
2017
112
Suriname
3.82%
2012
113
Vanuatu
3.79%
2017
114
Paraguay
3.73%
2017
115
France
3.64%
2017
116
Australia
3.56%
2017
117
Slovakia
3.53%
2017
118
Samoa
3.51%
2017
119
Chile
3.51%
2017
120
Zimbabwe
3.42%
2017
121
São Tomé and Príncipe
3.37%
2012
122
Kyrgyzstan
3.34%
2017
123
Latvia
3.32%
2017
124
Democratic Republic Of Congo
3.15%
2010
125
Republic of the Congo
3.12%
2016
126
Tonga
2.77%
2017
127
Denmark
2.71%
2017
128
Lesotho
2.7%
2017
129
Iraq
2.68%
2016
130
Netherlands
2.57%
2017
131
Azerbaijan
2.52%
2017
132
Russia
2.51%
2017
133
Finland
2.48%
2017
134
Bulgaria
2.38%
2017
135
Czech Republic
2.27%
2017
136
Cambodia
2.25%
2017
137
Botswana
2.11%
2017
138
Germany
1.99%
2017
139
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.94%
2017
140
Nepal
1.93%
2017
141
Saudi Arabia
1.25%
2017
142
Switzerland
1.24%
2017
143
San Marino
1.19%
2016
144
Sweden
0.99%
2017
145
Algeria
0.88%
2011
146
Luxembourg
0.87%
2017
147
Liberia
0.78%
2012
148
Federated States of Micronesia
0.76%
2017
149
Iran
0.73%
2009
150
Norway
0.69%
2017
151
Oman
0.51%
2013
152
Marshall Islands
0.5%
2017
153
Solomon Islands
0.39%
2017
154
Palau
0.38%
2017
155
Uzbekistan
0.24%
2017
156
Estonia
0.22%
2017
157
Kiribati
0.16%
2017
158
Afghanistan
0.13%
2017
159
Kuwait
0.05%
2007
160
Macao
0.01%
1998
161
East Timor
0.01%
2015
162
Singapore
0%
2017
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