United States - Interest payments
Interest payments (current LCU)
The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in United States was 556,445,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 581,614,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 14,820,000,000 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 | 14,820,000,000 |
| 1973 | 15,680,000,000 |
| 1974 | 23,000,000,000 |
| 1975 | 24,550,000,000 |
| 1976 | 28,700,000,000 |
| 1977 | 33,440,000,000 |
| 1978 | 34,280,000,000 |
| 1979 | 47,070,000,000 |
| 1980 | 61,320,000,000 |
| 1981 | 78,470,000,000 |
| 1982 | 96,860,000,000 |
| 1983 | 106,980,000,000 |
| 1984 | 123,580,000,000 |
| 1985 | 152,190,000,000 |
| 1986 | 154,700,000,000 |
| 1987 | 156,240,000,000 |
| 1988 | 168,230,000,000 |
| 1989 | 180,800,000,000 |
| 1990 | 196,340,000,000 |
| 1991 | 218,950,000,000 |
| 1992 | 216,560,000,000 |
| 1993 | 210,990,000,000 |
| 1994 | 214,320,000,000 |
| 1995 | 234,170,000,000 |
| 1996 | 252,320,000,000 |
| 1997 | 254,440,000,000 |
| 1998 | 253,200,000,000 |
| 1999 | 241,060,000,000 |
| 2000 | 236,360,000,000 |
| 2001 | 331,225,000,000 |
| 2002 | 301,271,000,000 |
| 2003 | 291,721,000,000 |
| 2004 | 306,022,000,000 |
| 2005 | 344,375,000,000 |
| 2006 | 372,212,000,000 |
| 2007 | 407,978,000,000 |
| 2008 | 388,397,000,000 |
| 2009 | 354,533,000,000 |
| 2010 | 381,487,000,000 |
| 2011 | 425,442,000,000 |
| 2012 | 422,624,000,000 |
| 2013 | 416,326,000,000 |
| 2014 | 439,092,000,000 |
| 2015 | 429,283,000,000 |
| 2016 | 454,074,000,000 |
| 2017 | 475,943,000,000 |
| 2018 | 540,542,000,000 |
| 2019 | 581,614,000,000 |
| 2020 | 556,445,000,000 |
Interest payments (% of revenue)
Interest payments (% of revenue) in United States was 15.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 19.23 in 1985, while its lowest value was 6.43 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 | 6.93 |
| 1973 | 6.43 |
| 1974 | 8.28 |
| 1975 | 8.42 |
| 1976 | 9.23 |
| 1977 | 9.01 |
| 1978 | 8.23 |
| 1979 | 9.63 |
| 1980 | 11.23 |
| 1981 | 12.26 |
| 1982 | 14.68 |
| 1983 | 16.37 |
| 1984 | 17.20 |
| 1985 | 19.23 |
| 1986 | 18.80 |
| 1987 | 17.17 |
| 1988 | 17.48 |
| 1989 | 17.28 |
| 1990 | 18.09 |
| 1991 | 18.88 |
| 1992 | 18.74 |
| 1993 | 17.05 |
| 1994 | 16.11 |
| 1995 | 16.32 |
| 1996 | 16.49 |
| 1997 | 15.28 |
| 1998 | 14.09 |
| 1999 | 12.65 |
| 2000 | 11.21 |
| 2001 | 16.04 |
| 2002 | 15.84 |
| 2003 | 15.17 |
| 2004 | 14.86 |
| 2005 | 14.72 |
| 2006 | 14.45 |
| 2007 | 15.10 |
| 2008 | 14.83 |
| 2009 | 15.62 |
| 2010 | 15.44 |
| 2011 | 16.39 |
| 2012 | 15.52 |
| 2013 | 13.14 |
| 2014 | 13.22 |
| 2015 | 12.34 |
| 2016 | 12.99 |
| 2017 | 12.49 |
| 2018 | 15.00 |
| 2019 | 15.54 |
| 2020 | 15.06 |
Interest payments (% of expense)
Interest payments (% of expense) in United States was 8.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 16.04 in 2001, while its lowest value was 6.15 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 | 6.51 |
| 1973 | 6.15 |
| 1974 | 8.32 |
| 1975 | 7.48 |
| 1976 | 7.76 |
| 1977 | 8.19 |
| 1978 | 7.62 |
| 1979 | 9.47 |
| 1980 | 10.45 |
| 1981 | 11.65 |
| 1982 | 12.90 |
| 1983 | 12.91 |
| 1984 | 14.26 |
| 1985 | 15.82 |
| 1986 | 15.20 |
| 1987 | 15.06 |
| 1988 | 15.28 |
| 1989 | 15.36 |
| 1990 | 15.27 |
| 1991 | 15.54 |
| 1992 | 15.22 |
| 1993 | 14.36 |
| 1994 | 14.19 |
| 1995 | 14.93 |
| 1996 | 15.62 |
| 1997 | 15.30 |
| 1998 | 14.92 |
| 1999 | 13.82 |
| 2000 | 12.86 |
| 2001 | 16.04 |
| 2002 | 13.72 |
| 2003 | 12.32 |
| 2004 | 12.25 |
| 2005 | 12.73 |
| 2006 | 13.08 |
| 2007 | 13.51 |
| 2008 | 11.54 |
| 2009 | 9.57 |
| 2010 | 9.73 |
| 2011 | 10.76 |
| 2012 | 10.87 |
| 2013 | 10.77 |
| 2014 | 11.02 |
| 2015 | 10.47 |
| 2016 | 10.74 |
| 2017 | 10.93 |
| 2018 | 11.76 |
| 2019 | 11.98 |
| 2020 | 8.05 |
Classification
Topic: Public Sector Indicators
Sub-Topic: Government finance
