Interest Payments on Government Debt (As % of Government Expense) rose to 10.8% in Togo in 2016

Interest payments on government debt as a share of government expense reached 10.8 % in 2016 in Togo, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 49.8 % more than in the previous year.

Historically, interest payments on government debt as a share of government expense in Togo reached an all time high of 11.4 % in 2004 and an all time low of 4.19 % in 2011.

Togo has been ranked 23rd within the group of 101 countries we follow in terms of interest payments on government debt as a share of government expense, 50 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments to domestic and foreign residents.