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Government Interest Burden — Net Interest as a Share of Revenue

🇪🇬 Egypt spends the largest share of its revenue on net interest of any government ranked here: about 60.9% in 2025, on the IMF's figures. Net interest is what a government owes in interest minus what it receives; the table sets it against revenue, because that is what has to pay it.

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11 of the 125 governments ranked spend at least a quarter of their revenue on net interest, and 45 spend at least a tenth. A high debt ratio does not by itself mean a heavy bill: Japan owes 205% of GDP and ranks 123rd at 0.5%, while Nigeria owes 36% and ranks 11th at 25.1%. Interest rates, the currency the debt is in and the assets a government holds all sit between the two. The United States ranks 43rd at 10.4%.

No single measure settles it: Egypt leads this table, but among all 135 governments tracked here it ranks 30th by debt-to-GDP, 31st by total debt and 93rd by debt per person.

Egypt vs PakistanDebt-to-GDP rankingTotal Debt rankingPer Capita rankingSee it on the world map
#CountryNet interest, % of revenue% of GDPDebt/GDP
1🇪🇬Egypt60.9%9.8%87%
2🇵🇰Pakistan49.2%7.8%73%
3🇱🇰Sri Lanka45.6%7.6%97%
4🇧🇭Bahrain44.4%6.7%144%
5🇾🇪Yemen35.8%4.8%135%
6🇰🇪Kenya31.2%5.5%71%
7🇨🇷Costa Rica29.8%4.3%60%
8🇧🇩Bangladesh28.4%2.3%42%
9🇺🇬Uganda26.8%4.0%53%
10🇿🇲Zambia26.6%6.9%101%
11🇳🇬Nigeria25.1%2.6%36%
12🇦🇴Angola24.9%3.7%53%
13🇮🇳India24.6%5.1%84%
14🇲🇽Mexico24.4%6.1%62%
15🇸🇳Senegal24.3%5.0%128%
16🇬🇭Ghana22.2%3.5%49%
17🇩🇴Dominican Republic21.9%3.5%59%
18🇮🇷Iran21.7%2.0%36%
19🇯🇴Jordan20.5%5.6%84%
20🇧🇸Bahamas19.8%4.0%69%
21🇿🇦South Africa19.0%5.4%78%
22🇧🇷Brazil18.5%7.3%93%
23🇲🇿Mozambique18.0%4.6%90%
24🇵🇦Panama17.3%3.0%57%
25🇸🇻El Salvador17.2%4.8%88%

Ranks 26–50 run from 🇧🇧 Barbados (16.5%) to 🇹🇩 Chad (8.7%).

#CountryNet interest, % of revenue% of GDPDebt/GDP
26🇧🇧Barbados16.5%4.5%97%
27🇮🇩Indonesia16.3%2.2%41%
28🇨🇮Ivory Coast16.3%2.8%57%
29🇯🇲Jamaica16.3%4.9%65%
30🇧🇴Bolivia15.0%2.5%83%
31🇵🇬Papua New Guinea14.5%2.5%52%
32🇱🇦Laos14.4%3.1%89%
33🇳🇪Niger13.8%1.7%46%
34🇵🇭Philippines13.8%2.8%59%
35🇹🇿Tanzania13.7%2.4%50%
36🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago13.2%3.5%84%
37🇹🇳Tunisia13.0%3.8%82%
38🇸🇷Suriname12.9%3.8%97%
39🇬🇹Guatemala12.6%1.6%27%
40🇦🇲Armenia12.1%3.1%47%
41🇷🇼Rwanda11.8%2.2%65%
42🇲🇲Myanmar11.7%2.4%52%
43🇺🇸United States10.4%3.2%124%
44🇵🇾Paraguay10.4%1.9%38%
45🇲🇾Malaysia10.0%2.0%71%
46🇧🇫Burkina Faso9.5%2.2%53%
47🇧🇿Belize9.4%2.3%67%
48🇹🇷Turkey8.8%2.6%24%
49🇲🇦Morocco8.8%2.4%67%
50🇹🇩Chad8.7%1.6%33%

Ranks 51–75 run from 🇨🇴 Colombia (8.4%) to 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (5.2%).

#CountryNet interest, % of revenue% of GDPDebt/GDP
51🇨🇴Colombia8.4%2.3%60%
52🇮🇱Israel8.2%3.1%68%
53🇲🇱Mali8.0%1.5%40%
54🇷🇴Romania7.9%2.6%60%
55🇭🇺Hungary7.8%3.3%75%
56🇮🇸Iceland7.7%3.3%57%
57🇺🇾Uruguay7.6%2.1%66%
58🇮🇹Italy7.5%3.6%137%
59🇪🇹Ethiopia7.4%0.8%43%
60🇨🇲Cameroon7.3%1.1%40%
61🇦🇱Albania7.2%2.1%54%
62🇺🇦Ukraine7.1%4.0%107%
63🇵🇪Peru7.1%1.4%30%
64🇩🇿Algeria6.9%1.8%52%
65🇬🇧United Kingdom6.8%2.6%102%
66🇸🇩Sudan6.8%0.2%204%
67🇬🇷Greece6.3%3.2%147%
68🇲🇬Madagascar6.0%0.7%48%
69🇲🇰North Macedonia5.9%1.9%53%
70🇵🇱Poland5.8%2.5%60%
71🇬🇪Georgia5.8%1.6%34%
72🇳🇵Nepal5.6%1.1%47%
73🇭🇹Haiti5.6%0.3%12%
74🇹🇭Thailand5.5%1.1%64%
75🇰🇿Kazakhstan5.2%1.0%24%

Ranks 76–100 run from 🇲🇪 Montenegro (4.9%) to 🇨🇾 Cyprus (2.5%).

#CountryNet interest, % of revenue% of GDPDebt/GDP
76🇲🇪Montenegro4.9%2.0%63%
77🇶🇦Qatar4.9%1.3%42%
78🇦🇷Argentina4.8%1.5%80%
79🇷🇸Serbia4.4%1.8%42%
80🇪🇸Spain4.3%1.9%101%
81🇲🇳Mongolia4.2%1.5%45%
82🇳🇮Nicaragua4.2%1.2%35%
83🇫🇷France4.0%2.1%116%
84🇵🇹Portugal4.0%1.7%90%
85🇻🇳Vietnam4.0%0.8%30%
86🇨🇳China3.8%1.0%99%
87🇧🇾Belarus3.8%1.6%31%
88🇧🇪Belgium3.6%1.8%108%
89🇿🇼Zimbabwe3.6%0.5%38%
90🇲🇩Moldova3.5%1.3%39%
91🇲🇹Malta3.5%1.2%46%
92🇱🇧Lebanon3.5%0.7%139%
93🇨🇱Chile3.3%0.8%42%
94🇪🇨Ecuador3.2%1.1%55%
95🇺🇿Uzbekistan2.8%0.7%29%
96🇦🇺Australia2.6%0.9%52%
97🇦🇹Austria2.6%1.3%81%
98🇸🇰Slovakia2.6%1.1%61%
99🇦🇪UAE2.6%0.7%34%
100🇨🇾Cyprus2.5%1.1%55%

Ranks 101–125 run from 🇳🇿 New Zealand (2.5%) to 🇸🇪 Sweden (0.1%).

#CountryNet interest, % of revenue% of GDPDebt/GDP
101🇳🇿New Zealand2.5%0.9%55%
102🇱🇻Latvia2.4%1.0%47%
103🇬🇾Guyana2.3%0.4%29%
104🇭🇷Croatia2.2%1.0%56%
105🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina2.2%0.9%29%
106🇦🇿Azerbaijan2.1%0.8%20%
107🇩🇪Germany1.8%0.9%63%
108🇸🇮Slovenia1.8%0.8%65%
109🇰🇭Cambodia1.7%0.3%26%
110🇨🇿Czech Republic1.6%0.7%44%
111🇭🇳Honduras1.6%0.4%40%
112🇮🇶Iraq1.4%0.5%53%
113🇮🇪Ireland1.2%0.3%35%
114🇧🇬Bulgaria1.1%0.4%30%
115🇰🇷South Korea0.9%0.3%52%
116🇸🇦Saudi Arabia0.9%0.2%32%
117🇱🇹Lithuania0.9%0.4%39%
118🇳🇱Netherlands0.8%0.3%45%
119🇸🇴Somalia0.7%0.1%9%
120🇷🇺Russia0.6%0.2%17%
121🇫🇮Finland0.6%0.3%88%
122🇴🇲Oman0.6%0.2%35%
123🇯🇵Japan0.5%0.2%205%
124🇪🇪Estonia0.4%0.2%24%
125🇸🇪Sweden0.1%0.1%35%

Not ranked. Receive at least as much interest as they owe, on the IMF's figures: Canada, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, Luxembourg. No usable figure: Kuwait, Syria, Libya, Taiwan, Singapore; each country's page says why.

IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026, general government, 2025, mostly IMF estimates. Net interest is the primary balance minus the overall balance; revenue is general government revenue. A government in default or arrears can show a low figure that understates what it owes. Source data: fiscal.json.

Top 10 highlighted. Excludes the World and EU aggregates (EU aggregate figures are available on the EU page).

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Source: Global Debt Clock, based on the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026, general government gross debt), US Treasury data for the United States, IMF Country Report No. 26/80 (April 2026) for Yemen and IMF Country Report No. 25/335 (December 2025) for Somalia.
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