India - Interest payments

Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in India was 5,741,910,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,741,910,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 7,840,000,000 in 1974.

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
1974 7,840,000,000
1975 9,620,000,000
1976 11,950,000,000
1977 13,400,000,000
1978 16,720,000,000
1979 18,900,000,000
1980 22,540,000,000
1981 27,630,000,000
1982 35,160,000,000
1983 44,500,000,000
1984 56,460,000,000
1985 70,900,000,000
1986 86,480,000,000
1987 107,020,000,000
1988 133,470,000,000
1989 165,250,000,000
1990 199,480,000,000
1991 249,550,000,000
1992 290,550,000,000
1993 344,900,000,000
1994 414,550,000,000
1995 471,280,000,000
1996 552,650,000,000
1997 612,180,000,000
1998 732,280,000,000
1999 868,750,000,000
2000 977,690,000,000
2001 1,053,520,000,000
2002 1,148,030,000,000
2003 1,201,330,000,000
2004 1,236,590,000,000
2005 1,288,690,000,000
2006 1,459,140,000,000
2007 1,659,450,000,000
2008 1,874,640,000,000
2009 2,078,370,000,000
2010 2,303,510,000,000
2011 2,303,510,000,000
2012 3,128,080,000,000
2013 3,642,440,000,000
2014 3,919,350,000,000
2015 4,315,100,000,000
2016 4,791,960,000,000
2017 5,292,460,000,000
2018 5,741,910,000,000

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in India was 23.01 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 40.94 in 2001, while its lowest value was 10.27 in 1975.

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
1974 10.34
1975 10.27
1976 11.47
1977 11.59
1978 12.78
1979 12.93
1980 13.78
1981 14.07
1982 15.56
1983 17.46
1984 19.01
1985 19.62
1986 20.59
1987 22.40
1988 23.93
1989 24.46
1990 27.64
1991 28.92
1992 29.50
1993 33.97
1994 33.64
1995 31.89
1996 32.15
1997 32.94
1998 37.41
1999 37.16
2000 38.91
2001 40.94
2002 39.47
2003 36.06
2004 31.91
2005 28.57
2006 25.64
2007 23.37
2008 26.54
2009 28.46
2010 22.83
2011 22.87
2012 24.91
2013 25.69
2014 27.19
2015 25.21
2016 24.21
2017 24.29
2018 23.01

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in India was 19.40 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 29.65 in 2000, while its lowest value was 11.16 in 1975.

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
1974 11.31
1975 11.16
1976 12.25
1977 12.26
1978 13.17
1979 12.42
1980 13.10
1981 14.06
1982 15.21
1983 16.37
1984 17.03
1985 17.33
1986 17.71
1987 18.76
1988 20.03
1989 20.98
1990 22.36
1991 24.57
1992 25.25
1993 26.00
1994 27.63
1995 27.44
1996 28.14
1997 27.14
1998 28.68
1999 29.51
2000 29.65
2001 29.27
2002 28.69
2003 27.62
2004 25.64
2005 23.38
2006 22.58
2007 22.20
2008 19.73
2009 19.37
2010 18.28
2011 18.20
2012 19.46
2013 19.49
2014 21.24
2015 20.71
2016 20.39
2017 19.83
2018 19.40

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance