Interest paid by general government minus interest it receives, as % of GDP (OECD, Government at a Glance). Measures what the debt costs each year; a negative value means government receives more interest than it pays (Japan, Korea: large public financial assets).· Negative: government earns more interest than it pays
2.1% GDP
2025
+0.2 ptsvs 2024
min 1.3 2020max 2.6 2008
% GDP
Range
Source: BIS — Government at a Glance· Data 2025Source type : Official
Interest paid minus interest received · Negative: government earns more interest than it pays · Upd. 06/2026 · Y-axis truncated
