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Samoa: Interest payments on external debt, other public sector

0current USD · 2019-100.0% since 2009

Other public sector long-term debt are aggregated. Public debt is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Reported as: PPG. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Samoa from 1972 to 2019.

19802019

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20190
20182,362.6
20173,389.2
20165,533.5
20156,657.5
20149,303.1
201310,938.8
201214,385.9
201117,983.1
201017,371.7
200919,535.4
200823,547.3
200724,671.4
200615,067.8
200517,440.6
200417,406.3
200323,747.4
200225,499.3
200117,016.8
200030,492.7
199935,205
199847,040.8
199745,362.1
199663,398.6
199562,790.4
199448,730.9
199348,063
199255,762.8
199142,177.3
199064,281.9
1989105,686.8
1988145,619.7
1987182,153
1986270,750.7
1985553,164.6
1984556,142
1983199,517
1982174,918.7
1981412,132.2
1980935,374.9
1979762,241.4
1978731,520.7
1977565,002.4
1976121,015.9
1975179,966.8
1974247,530.7
1973169,199.5
197215,011

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