Iran - Interest payments

Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in Iran was 5,896,700,000,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,974,100,000,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 58,000,000 in 1999.

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 15,100,000,000
1973 19,300,000,000
1974 28,300,000,000
1975 33,200,000,000
1976 27,000,000,000
1977 38,300,000,000
1978 9,300,000,000
1979 37,000,000,000
1980 35,300,000,000
1981 20,900,000,000
1982 16,700,000,000
1983 10,500,000,000
1984 6,300,000,000
1985 9,600,000,000
1986 4,600,000,000
1987 4,100,000,000
1988 4,600,000,000
1989 3,100,000,000
1990 3,000,000,000
1991 3,000,000,000
1992 3,000,000,000
1993 15,000,000,000
1994 19,000,000,000
1995 7,000,000,000
1996 12,000,000,000
1997 87,000,000,000
1998 465,000,000,000
1999 58,000,000
2000 75,000,000
2001 115,000,000
2002 1,744,200,000,000
2003 2,220,300,000,000
2004 2,752,100,000,000
2005 4,263,600,000,000
2006 5,452,400,000,000
2007 7,736,500,000,000
2008 7,974,100,000,000
2009 5,896,700,000,000

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Iran was 0.57 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 4.69 in 1972, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1999.

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 4.69
1973 3.94
1974 1.98
1975 2.04
1976 1.42
1977 1.75
1978 0.54
1979 2.08
1980 2.47
1981 1.09
1982 0.62
1983 0.35
1984 0.21
1985 0.32
1986 0.23
1987 0.16
1988 0.17
1989 0.08
1990 0.05
1991 0.04
1992 0.02
1993 0.07
1994 0.06
1995 0.02
1996 0.02
1997 0.13
1998 0.76
1999 0.00
2000 0.00
2001 0.00
2002 0.71
2003 0.73
2004 0.68
2005 0.68
2006 0.75
2007 0.84
2008 0.78
2009 0.57

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Iran was 0.73 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 5.60 in 1973, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1999.

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 5.60
1973 5.60
1974 2.74
1975 2.76
1976 1.91
1977 2.41
1978 0.58
1979 2.24
1980 1.91
1981 0.96
1982 0.68
1983 0.38
1984 0.23
1985 0.33
1986 0.16
1987 0.13
1988 0.11
1989 0.08
1990 0.05
1991 0.04
1992 0.03
1993 0.10
1994 0.09
1995 0.02
1996 0.03
1997 0.17
1998 0.72
1999 0.00
2000 0.00
2001 0.00
2002 0.97
2003 1.03
2004 1.01
2005 1.08
2006 1.08
2007 1.42
2008 1.12
2009 0.73

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance