Trinidad and Tobago - Interest payments

Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in Trinidad and Tobago was 4,786,800,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,786,800,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 43,500,000 in 1976.

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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1976 43,500,000
1977 44,700,000
1978 80,300,000
1979 125,700,000
1980 127,600,000
1981 180,300,000
2001 2,382,700,000
2002 2,409,000,000
2003 2,591,900,000
2004 2,396,300,000
2005 2,541,500,000
2006 2,453,300,000
2007 2,698,100,000
2008 2,967,300,000
2009 3,499,900,000
2010 3,290,300,000
2011 2,866,400,000
2012 2,937,100,000
2013 2,808,700,000
2014 3,122,600,000
2015 3,438,400,000
2016 3,762,400,000
2017 3,762,400,000
2018 4,786,800,000

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Trinidad and Tobago was 10.01 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 16.44 in 2002, while its lowest value was 1.47 in 1977.

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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1976 1.86
1977 1.47
1978 2.55
1979 3.05
1980 1.97
1981 2.50
2001 15.95
2002 16.44
2003 14.21
2004 10.95
2005 8.23
2006 6.09
2007 6.47
2008 5.03
2009 8.41
2010 7.07
2011 6.10
2012 5.63
2013 5.00
2014 5.02
2015 5.59
2016 8.07
2017 8.07
2018 10.01

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Trinidad and Tobago was 9.44 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 18.15 in 2001, while its lowest value was 5.18 in 2013.

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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
2001 18.15
2002 17.19
2003 16.48
2004 12.66
2005 11.14
2006 7.17
2007 8.04
2008 6.40
2009 8.74
2010 7.59
2011 6.44
2012 5.90
2013 5.18
2014 5.32
2015 5.99
2016 7.05
2017 7.05
2018 9.44

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance