The Latin American countries Brazil and Mexico pay the highest sum in public debt interest as a share of their gross domestic products (GDP) among the G20 member countries. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia ad South Korea had negative ratios, meaning that they received more payments than they paid themselves. Worldwide, Zambia paid the highest public debt interest payments in terms of its GDP.
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