Barbados vs Brazil: Share of government spending going to interest payments
Barbados
22.5%
in 2016
Brazil
24.1%
in 2023
Barbados rank
10th
Brazil rank
7th
Share of government spending going to interest payments over time
- Barbados
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 24.1% against 22.5% in Barbados, a difference of 1.6%.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
Across all 7 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 10th and Brazil ranks 7th of 152 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of government spending going to interest payments, Barbados or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 24.1% against 22.5% in Barbados as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of government spending going to interest payments between Barbados and Brazil?
- 1.6%, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Brazil?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2016.
- How do Barbados and Brazil rank globally for share of government spending going to interest payments?
- Barbados ranks 10th and Brazil ranks 7th of 152 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) Government Finance Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of government spending going to interest payments. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Interest expenditures on government debt, as share of total central government expenditures. Interest expenditures on government debt include payments on long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments.