European Union | Interest payments (% of revenue)
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
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The World Bank
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European Union
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63
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European Union | Interest payments (% of revenue)
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1974
2.56166293 1975
3.15342791 1976
1977
4.09164135 1978
5.07261215 1979
5.08963053 1980
4.89000278 1981
5.95220339 1982
6.48884206 1983
7.15979927 1984
8.90766335 1985
9.39537376 1986
9.57683742 1987
9.54637658 1988
9.65463799 1989
9.96799488 1990
7.33877551 1991
9.68575913 1992
9.57463718 1993
9.92404545 1994
8.85238235 1995
8.22230796 1996
9.98233278 1997
9.61073663 1998
7.62154634 1999
7.89193156 2000
6.73537763 2001
7.03943539 2002
6.08720977 2003
5.8420016 2004
4.79173586 2005
4.3892767 2006
4.19116846 2007
4.00161273 2008
5.56632461 2009
5.46790705 2010
5.65879898 2011
5.99976256 2012
5.79622622 2013
5.38859692 2014
5.01865016 2015
4.60650321 2016
4.13820667 2017
3.65652054 2018
3.29477699 2019
3.15489672 2020
2.9260085 2021
2022
European Union | Interest payments (% of revenue)
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
European Union
Records
63
Source