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Australia: Interest payments (% of revenue)

3.08percent · 2022-16.4% since 2012

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 a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector. Annual figures for Australia from 1972 to 2022.

19832022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20223.082
20213.207
20203.486
20193.493
20183.705
20173.805
20163.916
20153.851
20143.509
20133.465
20123.686
20113.096
20102.3
20091.546
20081.337
20071.437
20061.551
20051.712
20041.887
20032.365
20022.894
20013.335
20006.093
19997.562
19986.023
19977.143
19967.415
19957.145
19946.396
19935.537
19925.981
19916.159
19907.448
19898.202
19889.204
198710.629
198610.653
19859.573
19848.564
19837.364
19826.892
19817.135
19807.287
19797.506
19786.856
19776.409
19765.139
19755.633
19745.786
19736.934
19726.746

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments (% of revenue). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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