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DEFINITION:
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.".
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Indonesia | 62.49 trillion | 2004 | ||
2 | Japan | 13.08 trillion | 1990 | ||
3 | Colombia | 12.99 trillion | 2003 | ||
4 | Lebanon | 4.96 trillion | 2008 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 3.31 trillion | 2004 | |||
5 | India | 1.87 trillion | 2008 | ||
6 | Hungary | 1.06 trillion | 2008 | ||
7 | Zambia | 727.05 billion | 2007 | ||
8 | Belarus | 693.2 billion | 2008 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 501.16 billion | 2008 | |||
9 | Paraguay | 445.15 billion | 2008 | ||
10 | Chile | 441.93 billion | 2008 | ||
11 | Pakistan | 373.64 billion | 2007 | ||
12 | Costa Rica | 342.58 billion | 2008 | ||
13 | Uganda | 309.41 billion | 2008 | ||
14 | Philippines | 282.86 billion | 2008 | ||
15 | United States | 270.49 billion | 2009 | ||
16 | Sri Lanka | 212.47 billion | 2008 | ||
17 | Laos | 197.82 billion | 2007 | ||
18 | Cote d'Ivoire | 181.9 billion | 2008 | ||
19 | Madagascar | 155.67 billion | 2007 | ||
20 | Russia | 155.5 billion | 2008 | ||
21 | Bangladesh | 135.77 billion | 2008 | ||
22 | Sierra Leone | 129.56 billion | 2004 | ||
23 | Jamaica | 125.18 billion | 2008 | ||
24 | Mexico | 113.16 billion | 2000 | ||
25 | Brazil | 108.56 billion | 2008 | ||
26 | Cameroon | 107.18 billion | 1994 | ||
27 | China | 97.54 billion | 2006 | ||
28 | Thailand | 89.8 billion | 2008 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 86.74 billion | 2008 | |||
29 | Congo, Republic of the | 86.38 billion | 2005 | ||
30 | Italy | 75.59 billion | 2008 | ||
31 | Algeria | 63.91 billion | 2008 | ||
32 | Kazakhstan | 61.22 billion | 2008 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 59.92 billion | 2008 | |||
33 | South Africa | 54.62 billion | 2008 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 52.5 billion | 2008 | |||
34 | Turkey | 52.08 billion | 2008 | ||
35 | Cambodia | 49.98 billion | 2006 | ||
36 | Kenya | 49.85 billion | 2008 | ||
37 | France | 49.58 billion | 2008 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 46.72 billion | 2008 | |||
Europe average (profile) | 46.23 billion | 2006 | |||
38 | Czech Republic | 44.2 billion | 2008 | ||
39 | Sweden | 43.2 billion | 2008 | ||
40 | Germany | 41.34 billion | 2008 | ||
41 | Iceland | 41.32 billion | 2008 | ||
42 | Guinea | 35.11 billion | 1992 | ||
43 | United Kingdom | 32.51 billion | 2008 | ||
44 | Senegal | 30.3 billion | 2001 | ||
45 | Canada | 28.96 billion | 2008 | ||
46 | Poland | 28.86 billion | 2008 | ||
47 | Israel | 25.39 billion | 2008 | ||
48 | Argentina | 21.54 billion | 2004 | ||
49 | Denmark | 21.05 billion | 2008 | ||
50 | Norway | 20.83 billion | 2008 | ||
51 | Mongolia | 19.84 billion | 2008 | ||
52 | Uruguay | 18.31 billion | 2008 | ||
53 | Dominican Republic | 16.84 billion | 2007 | ||
54 | Serbia and Montenegro | 15.19 billion | 2008 | ||
55 | Mali | 14.07 billion | 2008 | ||
56 | Spain | 12.98 billion | 2008 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 12.87 billion | 2008 | |||
57 | Burkina Faso | 12.69 billion | 2008 | ||
58 | Belgium | 12.18 billion | 2008 | ||
59 | Armenia | 11.05 billion | 2008 | ||
60 | Greece | 10.93 billion | 2008 | ||
61 | Togo | 10.81 billion | 2008 | ||
62 | Netherlands | 10.72 billion | 2008 | ||
63 | Benin | 10.35 billion | 2008 | ||
64 | Australia | 10.21 billion | 2008 | ||
65 | Malaysia | 9.87 billion | 2003 | ||
66 | Morocco | 9.34 billion | 2008 | ||
67 | Venezuela | 8.94 billion | 2005 | ||
68 | Nepal | 8.87 billion | 2009 | ||
69 | Mauritius | 7.97 billion | 2008 | ||
70 | Zimbabwe | 7.27 billion | 1997 | ||
71 | Niger | 7.13 billion | 2007 | ||
72 | Austria | 6.93 billion | 2008 | ||
73 | Peru | 5.72 billion | 2008 | ||
74 | Central African Republic | 5.55 billion | 2004 | ||
75 | Croatia | 4.9 billion | 2008 | ||
76 | Rwanda | 4.8 billion | 1992 | ||
77 | Portugal | 4.66 billion | 2008 | ||
78 | Burundi | 4.42 billion | 1996 | ||
79 | Ukraine | 4.42 billion | 2008 | ||
80 | Switzerland | 4.29 billion | 2007 | ||
81 | Guatemala | 3.96 billion | 2008 | ||
82 | Romania | 3.15 billion | 2008 | ||
83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.7 billion | 2007 | ||
84 | Finland | 2.35 billion | 2008 | ||
85 | New Zealand | 2.25 billion | 2007 | ||
86 | Bolivia | 2.14 billion | 2007 | ||
87 | Qatar | 2.1 billion | 2008 | ||
88 | Ireland | 1.85 billion | 2008 | ||
89 | Cape Verde | 1.85 billion | 2008 | ||
90 | Bhutan | 1.73 billion | 2009 | ||
91 | Honduras | 1.63 billion | 2008 | ||
92 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.35 billion | 2008 | ||
93 | Nicaragua | 1.29 billion | 2001 | ||
94 | Tunisia | 1.25 billion | 2009 | ||
95 | Ecuador | 1.25 billion | 1994 | ||
96 | Namibia | 1.15 billion | 2007 | ||
97 | Ethiopia | 946.4 million | 2002 | ||
98 | Slovakia | 817.95 million | 2008 | ||
99 | Cyprus | 747.9 million | 2008 | ||
100 | Moldova | 721.6 million | 2008 | ||
101 | Lithuania | 684.8 million | 2008 | ||
102 | Ghana | 679.18 million | 2008 | ||
103 | Panama | 587.28 million | 2001 | ||
104 | Bulgaria | 568.77 million | 2008 | ||
105 | Papua New Guinea | 530.72 million | 2002 | ||
106 | Seychelles | 463.92 million | 2008 | ||
107 | El Salvador | 432.4 million | 2008 | ||
108 | Slovenia | 403.96 million | 2008 | ||
109 | Barbados | 388.98 million | 2007 | ||
110 | Jordan | 377.8 million | 2008 | ||
111 | Maldives | 325.4 million | 2008 | ||
112 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 296 million | 1999 | ||
113 | Vanuatu | 247 million | 1999 | ||
114 | Estonia | 211.1 million | 2008 | ||
115 | Sudan | 203.66 million | 1999 | ||
116 | Malta | 187.64 million | 2008 | ||
117 | Swaziland | 178.98 million | 2003 | ||
118 | The Bahamas | 149.59 million | 2008 | ||
119 | Fiji | 141.48 million | 2006 | ||
120 | Georgia | 119.3 million | 2008 | ||
121 | Lesotho | 118.4 million | 2008 | ||
122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 114.51 million | 2008 | ||
123 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 113.2 million | 2006 | ||
124 | Afghanistan | 103.09 million | 2008 | ||
125 | Oman | 94.3 million | 2001 | ||
126 | The Gambia | 91.72 million | 1990 | ||
127 | Botswana | 91.4 million | 1996 | ||
128 | Luxembourg | 78.28 million | 2008 | ||
129 | Bahrain | 62.13 million | 2005 | ||
130 | Latvia | 59 million | 2008 | ||
131 | Netherlands Antilles | 45.5 million | 1995 | ||
132 | Tajikistan | 44.31 million | 2004 | ||
133 | Singapore | 33 million | 2008 | ||
134 | Belize | 29.01 million | 1997 | ||
135 | Azerbaijan | 16.37 million | 1999 | ||
136 | Grenada | 14.59 million | 1995 | ||
137 | San Marino | 10.97 million | 2006 | ||
138 | Kuwait | 5 million | 2008 |