World Bank · Public Sector
India: Interest payments (% of revenue)
33.98percent · 2022+19.4% since 2009
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 India from 1974 to 2022.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 33.976 | |
| 2018 | 23.011 | |
| 2017 | 24.292 | |
| 2016 | 24.211 | |
| 2015 | 25.21 | |
| 2014 | 27.185 | |
| 2013 | 25.689 | |
| 2012 | 24.909 | |
| 2011 | 22.868 | |
| 2010 | 22.826 | |
| 2009 | 28.463 | |
| 2008 | 26.539 | |
| 2007 | 23.37 | |
| 2006 | 25.639 | |
| 2005 | 28.571 | |
| 2004 | 31.907 | |
| 2003 | 36.059 | |
| 2002 | 39.47 | |
| 2001 | 40.936 | |
| 2000 | 38.912 | |
| 1999 | 37.158 | |
| 1998 | 37.405 | |
| 1997 | 32.942 | |
| 1996 | 32.151 | |
| 1995 | 31.889 | |
| 1994 | 33.638 | |
| 1993 | 33.974 | |
| 1992 | 29.5 | |
| 1991 | 28.924 | |
| 1990 | 27.639 | |
| 1989 | 24.459 | |
| 1988 | 23.935 | |
| 1987 | 22.399 | |
| 1986 | 20.587 | |
| 1985 | 19.624 | |
| 1984 | 19.011 | |
| 1983 | 17.461 | |
| 1982 | 15.563 | |
| 1981 | 14.073 | |
| 1980 | 13.78 | |
| 1979 | 12.926 | |
| 1978 | 12.777 | |
| 1977 | 11.595 | |
| 1976 | 11.467 | |
| 1975 | 10.273 | |
| 1974 | 10.339 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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Interest payments (% of revenue) in other countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Andorra
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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