Pakistan has paid a total of 1.90 billion Special Drawing Rights (SDR), equivalent to $2.69 billion, to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in interest payments under various IMF programs, it emerged on Wednesday.
According to documents from the Economic Affairs Division, Pakistan received a cumulative 17.45 billion SDR under IMF programs over the past 17 years. The country received 4.94 billion SDR under the 2008, 2010 Stand-By Arrangement, 297 million SDR under Emergency Natural Disaster Assistance (2010), 4.39 billion SDR through the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) 2013, and an additional 3.04 billion SDR under the same program later.
Under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) 2020, Pakistan received 1.02 billion SDR, followed by 2.25 billion SDR through the Stand-By Arrangement 2023, and 1.52 billion SDR under the EFF 2024. Moreover, under the 2008 Stand-By Arrangement Program, another 1.52 billion SDR was provided. These figures represent the total financial assistance Pakistan has received under various IMF facilities and programs.
Between 2009 and 2015, the government paid 257.5 million SDR in interest. Under the Emergency Natural Disaster Assistance 2010, Pakistan paid 14.5 million SDR in markup between 2010 and 2015, while under the EFF 2013, it paid 543.6 million SDR in interest from 2013 to 2025.
Furthermore, the government paid 411.4 million SDR in interest under the Extended Facility 2019 between 2019 and 2025, 110.1 million SDR under the RFI 2020 between 2020 and 2025, 142.23 million SDR under the Stand-By Arrangement 2023 from 2023 to 2025, and 17.6 million SDR under the EFF 2024 between 2024 and 2025.
The highest interest payment was made in 2025, amounting to 376 million SDR. In 2023, Pakistan paid 325.79 million SDR, and in 2022, 142.6 million SDR. The lowest interest payment during the past 17 years was made in 2014, at 24 million SDR, which was also the only year with no additional charges. In 2015, the government paid a relatively small amount of 27.6 million SDR in interest.
