COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Cameroon Interest Payments
Cameroon interest payments: latest available value for 2021, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6,82 | 0,50 |
| 2020 | 6,32 | -0,14 |
| 2019 | 6,46 | 1,49 |
| 2018 | 4,98 | -0,56 |
| 2017 | 5,53 | 0,65 |
| 2016 | 4,89 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.
Source organization: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesCameroon recorded 6,82 percent of revenue in 2021, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2020, the interest payments increased by 0,50.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 6 observations from 2016 to 2021, the average was 5,83; the minimum was 4,89 in 2016 and the maximum was 6,82 in 2021.
Cameroon ranks 76 out of 148 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Debt-service pressure on public finances.