France - Interest payments

Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in France was 34,463,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 53,224,000,000 in 2011 and a minimum value of 655,530,800 in 1973.

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 701,265,500
1973 655,530,800
1974 899,449,200
1975 1,707,429,000
1976 1,768,409,000
1977 2,149,531,000
1978 2,652,613,000
1979 3,308,144,000
1980 3,582,552,000
1981 6,296,144,000
1982 7,439,512,000
1983 10,930,590,000
1984 12,272,150,000
1985 14,238,740,000
1986 15,366,860,000
1987 15,351,620,000
1988 15,932,290,000
1989 18,080,450,000
1990 21,266,640,000
1991 23,294,210,000
1992 27,090,190,000
1993 30,261,130,000
1994 33,081,440,000
1995 36,502,000,000
1996 38,783,000,000
1997 40,136,000,000
1998 40,807,000,000
1999 39,562,000,000
2000 40,334,000,000
2001 41,966,000,000
2002 43,554,000,000
2003 42,851,000,000
2004 43,938,000,000
2005 45,229,000,000
2006 44,913,000,000
2007 47,768,000,000
2008 51,385,000,000
2009 45,788,000,000
2010 49,030,990,000
2011 53,224,000,000
2012 52,180,270,000
2013 46,806,000,000
2014 45,231,000,000
2015 42,747,000,000
2016 40,551,000,000
2017 39,201,000,000
2018 39,598,000,000
2019 34,463,000,000

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in France was 3.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 7.16 in 1994, while its lowest value was 1.15 in 1973.

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 1.38
1973 1.15
1974 1.29
1975 2.17
1976 1.85
1977 2.02
1978 2.19
1979 2.30
1980 2.09
1981 3.21
1982 3.26
1983 4.29
1984 4.39
1985 4.72
1986 4.80
1987 4.52
1988 4.41
1989 4.70
1990 5.22
1991 5.42
1992 6.14
1993 6.79
1994 7.16
1995 7.04
1996 7.11
1997 7.12
1998 6.99
1999 6.47
2000 6.37
2001 6.33
2002 6.47
2003 6.28
2004 6.17
2005 6.08
2006 5.71
2007 5.86
2008 6.15
2009 5.71
2010 5.73
2011 6.07
2012 5.75
2013 4.97
2014 4.72
2015 4.39
2016 4.12
2017 3.83
2018 3.79
2019 3.27

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in France was 3.06 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 6.62 in 1998, while its lowest value was 1.24 in 1973.

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 1.49
1973 1.24
1974 1.38
1975 2.16
1976 1.92
1977 2.05
1978 2.17
1979 2.34
1980 2.17
1981 3.18
1982 3.18
1983 4.13
1984 4.23
1985 4.54
1986 4.63
1987 4.42
1988 4.33
1989 4.67
1990 5.18
1991 5.31
1992 5.77
1993 6.06
1994 6.39
1995 6.36
1996 6.57
1997 6.55
1998 6.62
1999 6.22
2000 6.18
2001 6.15
2002 6.05
2003 5.76
2004 5.73
2005 5.67
2006 5.44
2007 5.57
2008 5.77
2009 4.92
2010 4.98
2011 5.43
2012 5.20
2013 4.59
2014 4.36
2015 4.05
2016 3.79
2017 3.58
2018 3.58
2019 3.06

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance