Net interest payments on public debt: country ranking
11 countries ranked from the highest to the lowest value · OECD, 2024
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).
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 5.5 % GDP |
| 2 | United States | 4.2 % GDP |
| 3 | Italy | 3.6 % GDP |
| 4 | Mexico | 3.2 % GDP |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 2.2 % GDP |
| 6 | France | 1.9 % GDP |
| 7 | Canada | 1.7 % GDP |
| 8 | Australia | 1.6 % GDP |
| 9 | Germany | 0.6 % GDP |
| 10 | Japan | -0.1 % GDP |
| 11 | South Korea | -0.5 % GDP |
Not yet published for 2024: Indonesia.
How to read this ranking
Every value comes from one harmonised source (OECD) and covers the same period, 2024. It can differ from the national figure shown on each country's card.
Countries are ordered from the highest to the lowest value: a higher rank is neither better nor worse.
Countries with the same value share a rank. A country with no value for 2024 is not ranked on another year.