COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Romania Interest Payments
Romania interest payments: latest available value for 2024, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7,29 | 1,13 |
| 2023 | 6,16 | 1,63 |
| 2022 | 4,53 | -0,18 |
| 2021 | 4,71 | 0,16 |
| 2020 | 4,55 | 0,78 |
| 2019 | 3,77 | 0,19 |
| 2018 | 3,58 | -0,40 |
| 2017 | 3,97 | -0,31 |
| 2016 | 4,28 | — |
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: 2026-08-01 01:16:07. Open original metadata response.
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesRomania recorded 7,29 percent of revenue in 2024, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2023, the interest payments increased by 1,13.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 9 observations from 2016 to 2024, the average was 4,76; the minimum was 3,58 in 2018 and the maximum was 7,29 in 2024.
Romania ranks 79 out of 148 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Europe & Central Asia.
It is also above the available average for the High income group.
Debt-service pressure on public finances.