Denmark - Interest payments

Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in Denmark was 15,975,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58,626,000,000 in 1996 and a minimum value of 670,000,000 in 1972.

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
1972 670,000,000
1973 804,000,000
1974 939,000,000
1975 1,176,000,000
1976 1,711,000,000
1977 3,118,000,000
1978 3,961,000,000
1979 8,013,000,000
1980 10,057,000,000
1981 15,581,000,000
1982 21,520,000,000
1983 29,154,000,000
1984 41,531,000,000
1985 47,869,000,000
1986 46,338,000,000
1987 46,551,000,000
1988 46,360,000,000
1989 46,688,000,000
1990 49,312,000,000
1991 49,491,000,000
1992 46,229,000,000
1993 52,838,000,000
1994 54,767,000,000
1995 57,610,000,000
1996 58,626,000,000
1997 55,260,000,000
1998 51,394,000,000
1999 49,287,000,000
2000 47,550,000,000
2001 44,430,000,000
2002 41,840,000,000
2003 38,043,000,000
2004 35,936,000,000
2005 30,443,000,000
2006 27,520,000,000
2007 25,248,000,000
2008 22,172,000,000
2009 29,657,000,000
2010 31,637,000,000
2011 33,328,000,000
2012 31,364,000,000
2013 30,187,000,000
2014 27,282,000,000
2015 30,072,000,000
2016 26,738,000,000
2017 16,097,000,000
2018 16,839,000,000
2019 15,975,000,000

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Denmark was 1.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 19.06 in 1985, while its lowest value was 1.25 in 1972.

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
1972 1.25
1973 1.37
1974 1.40
1975 1.65
1976 2.06
1977 3.40
1978 3.71
1979 6.56
1980 7.44
1981 10.52
1982 12.95
1983 15.17
1984 18.60
1985 19.06
1986 16.36
1987 15.82
1988 15.14
1989 14.78
1990 15.49
1991 15.40
1992 13.44
1993 14.52
1994 14.02
1995 14.42
1996 13.77
1997 12.56
1998 11.23
1999 10.24
2000 9.31
2001 8.65
2002 8.05
2003 7.21
2004 6.20
2005 4.79
2006 4.23
2007 3.53
2008 3.07
2009 4.35
2010 4.38
2011 4.46
2012 4.07
2013 3.86
2014 3.23
2015 3.74
2016 3.28
2017 1.88
2018 1.97
2019 1.72

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Denmark was 1.92 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 19.24 in 1985, while its lowest value was 1.43 in 1972.

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
1972 1.43
1973 1.61
1974 1.49
1975 1.63
1976 2.12
1977 3.43
1978 3.79
1979 6.59
1980 6.97
1981 9.29
1982 10.92
1983 13.25
1984 17.32
1985 19.24
1986 18.51
1987 17.78
1988 16.32
1989 15.42
1990 15.58
1991 15.19
1992 13.33
1993 14.13
1994 13.54
1995 13.13
1996 13.15
1997 12.26
1998 11.12
1999 10.40
2000 9.74
2001 8.84
2002 8.10
2003 7.14
2004 6.48
2005 5.50
2006 4.92
2007 4.03
2008 3.35
2009 4.11
2010 4.13
2011 4.26
2012 3.80
2013 3.78
2014 3.37
2015 3.65
2016 3.30
2017 1.98
2018 2.03
2019 1.92

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance