AT&T Inc.: interest expense
AT&T interest expense: $6.70 billion for the year ending 2023-12-31, up 9.8% on the year. 17 values since 2007 from SEC filings, each linked to its filing.
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At a glance
AT&T reported interest expense of $6.70 billion for the year ending 2023-12-31, up 9.8% from $6.11 billion a year earlier. From 2007 to 2023 it grew at a compound 4.1% a year, from $3.51 billion to $6.70 billion. Across the last five reported years it ranged from $6.11 billion (2022-12-31) to $8.42 billion (2019-12-31). That was 5.5% of revenue ($122.4 billion) for the same year.
Computed from the values in the table below, in USD; each links to the filing it came from.
What this measure means
Borrowing costs recognized as interest expense. This is distinct from cash interest paid and may not include every capitalized borrowing cost.
Exact concept: us-gaap:InterestExpense. Each value covers an annual-duration reporting interval, shown with both start and end dates. Different units remain separate; no currency conversion or interpolation is applied.
Coverage of this history
Selected reporting periods run from 2007-01-01 to 2023-12-31. The SEC response was captured on 2026-09-19.
This selected history ends more than two years before capture. Do not treat its final value as a current balance or current annual result. More recent filings may use another accounting tag; inspect the filings before drawing conclusions about the company.
Selected filing history
| Period start | Period end | Value | Unit | Filed | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 6,704,000,000 | USD | 2024-02-23 | 10-K · 0000732717-24-000009 SEC |
| 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 6,108,000,000 | USD | 2024-02-23 | 10-K · 0000732717-24-000009 SEC |
| 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 6,716,000,000 | USD | 2024-02-23 | 10-K · 0000732717-24-000009 SEC |
| 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 7,727,000,000 | USD | 2023-02-13 | 10-K · 0000732717-23-000011 SEC |
| 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 8,422,000,000 | USD | 2022-02-16 | 10-K · 0000732717-22-000015 SEC |
| 2018-01-01 | 2018-12-31 | 7,957,000,000 | USD | 2021-02-25 | 10-K · 0000732717-21-000012 SEC |
| 2017-01-01 | 2017-12-31 | 6,300,000,000 | USD | 2020-02-20 | 10-K · 0001562762-20-000064 SEC |
| 2016-01-01 | 2016-12-31 | 4,910,000,000 | USD | 2019-02-20 | 10-K · 0001193125-19-045608 SEC |
| 2015-01-01 | 2015-12-31 | 4,120,000,000 | USD | 2018-02-20 | 10-K · 0000732717-18-000009 SEC |
| 2014-01-01 | 2014-12-31 | 3,613,000,000 | USD | 2017-02-17 | 10-K · 0000732717-17-000021 SEC |
| 2013-01-01 | 2013-12-31 | 3,940,000,000 | USD | 2016-02-18 | 10-K · 0000732717-16-000147 SEC |
| 2012-01-01 | 2012-12-31 | 3,444,000,000 | USD | 2015-02-20 | 10-K · 0000732717-15-000016 SEC |
| 2011-01-01 | 2011-12-31 | 3,535,000,000 | USD | 2014-02-21 | 10-K · 0000732717-14-000010 SEC |
| 2010-01-01 | 2010-12-31 | 2,994,000,000 | USD | 2013-02-22 | 10-K · 0000732717-13-000017 SEC |
| 2009-01-01 | 2009-12-31 | 3,368,000,000 | USD | 2012-02-24 | 10-K · 0000732717-12-000025 SEC |
| 2008-01-01 | 2008-12-31 | 3,369,000,000 | USD | 2011-03-01 | 10-K · 0000732717-11-000014 SEC |
| 2007-01-01 | 2007-12-31 | 3,507,000,000 | USD | 2010-02-25 | 10-K · 0000732717-10-000013 SEC |
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