COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Niger Interest Payments
Niger interest payments: latest available value for 1980, historical series from 1976, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7,23 | -1,84 |
| 1979 | 9,08 | 3,69 |
| 1978 | 5,38 | -1,82 |
| 1977 | 7,21 | 2,38 |
| 1976 | 4,83 | — |
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)
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 05:38:39. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
15 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 19:22:51 | 1976 | 4,83 | 4,83 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 19:22:51 | 1977 | 7,21 | 7,21 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 19:22:51 | 1978 | 5,38 | 5,38 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 19:22:51 | 1979 | 9,08 | 9,08 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 19:22:51 | 1980 | 7,23 | 7,23 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 16:27:19 | 1976 | 4,83 | 4,83 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 16:27:19 | 1977 | 7,21 | 7,21 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 16:27:19 | 1978 | 5,38 | 5,38 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 16:27:19 | 1979 | 9,08 | 9,08 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 16:27:19 | 1980 | 7,23 | 7,23 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 01:24:03 | 1976 | 4,83 | 4,83 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 01:24:03 | 1977 | 7,21 | 7,21 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 01:24:03 | 1978 | 5,38 | 5,38 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 01:24:03 | 1979 | 9,08 | 9,08 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 01:24:03 | 1980 | 7,23 | 7,23 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesNiger recorded 7,23 percent of revenue in 1980, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 1979, the interest payments decreased by 1,84.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 5 observations from 1976 to 1980, the average was 6,75; the minimum was 4,83 in 1976 and the maximum was 9,08 in 1979.
Niger ranks 84 out of 160 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 Low income group.
Debt-service pressure on public finances.