{"entity":{"iso2":"CF","iso3":"CAF","name":"Central African Republic","slug":"central-african-republic"},"indicator":{"licence":"CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)","slug":"share-of-government-expenditure-going-to-interest-payments","source":"International Monetary Fund (IMF) Government Finance Statistics, via World Bank (2026) \u2013 processed by Our World in Data","source_url":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-government-expenditure-going-to-interest-payments","title":"Share of government spending going to interest payments","unit":"% of expense"},"observations":[{"date":"2004-01-01","value":8.56129},{"date":"2008-01-01","value":10.8557},{"date":"2009-01-01","value":7.02299},{"date":"2010-01-01","value":5.49192},{"date":"2011-01-01","value":4.51428},{"date":"2012-01-01","value":5.64756},{"date":"2014-01-01","value":2.80365},{"date":"2015-01-01","value":5.0348},{"date":"2016-01-01","value":1.18444},{"date":"2017-01-01","value":2.11187},{"date":"2018-01-01","value":2.24304},{"date":"2019-01-01","value":5.01086},{"date":"2020-01-01","value":2.04523},{"date":"2021-01-01","value":5.17379}],"summary":{"latest_period":"2021-01-01","latest_value":5.17379,"max":10.8557,"mean":4.83582,"min":1.18444,"of":152,"rank":89,"trend":"volatile"}}