SGI 2024 | Sustainable Policymaking | Economic Sustainability | Sustainable Budgeting | Gross Interest Payments by General Government

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Values among 30 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Gross general government interest payments as percent of GDP.
Year:	2023
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	OECD Economic Outlook, IMF World Economic Outlook
Data for:
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Economic Outlook No 115 - June 2024. URL: https://data-explorer.oecd.o… extracted 2024/08/28. IMF: Dataset: World Economic Outlook April 2024, Gross domestic product, current prices [NGDP] URL: https://www.imf.org/en/Publi… extracted 2024/08/28.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	6.7025
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

Gross Interest Payments by General Government

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Switzerland

9.7

0.26

Estonia

9.5

0.35

Denmark

9.3

0.55

Lithuania

9.2

0.59

Latvia

9.2

0.63

Netherlands

9.2

0.63

Ireland

9.1

0.69

Sweden

9.0

0.73

Upper middle group

Germany

8.8

0.88

Norway

8.8

0.89

Finland

8.5

1.12

Austria

8.4

1.16

Slovakia

8.4

1.16

Slovenia

8.3

1.24

Japan

8.3

1.27

Czechia

8.2

1.31

Australia

8.0

1.48

France

7.7

1.72

Belgium

7.3

2.03

Poland

7.2

2.10

Portugal

7.1

2.16

New Zealand

6.9

2.34

Spain

6.7

2.46

Israel

6.3

2.77

Lower middle group

Canada

5.7

3.21

5.6

3.24

Greece

5.4

3.45

Italy

4.9

3.77

USA

3.9

4.53

Hungary

3.7

4.71

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