Interest Cost of Servicing the National Debt

The interest bill was some 2.5 billion euro in 2009.

Trend in Interest Cost - 1990 to 2009
Trends in Interest Cost - 1990 to 2009 (HTML Version)

As represented by the ratio of interest payments on the Debt to tax revenues, the debt service was 7.7 per cent in 2009.

Interest cost as a percentage of Tax revenue 1992 - 2009.
Interest as percentage of Tax Revenue - 1992 to 2009 (HTML Version)