Table 103(P.Finance, Liabilty, Debt)

Government Debt Indicators (1997-2001)

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(%)

Year Item

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

1.Government Debt / GDP

85.9

90.8

95.0

96.9

103.6

1.1.Domestic Debt / GDP

43.6

45.5

49.1

53.8

58.3

1.2.Foreign Debt / GDP

42.3

45.3

45.9

43.1

45.3

2.Total Foreign Debt / Exports

192.9

168.2

163.6

166.7

151.1

3.Total Debt Service / GDP

9.4

11.3

9.4

14.0

12.8

3.1Total Debt service / Government Revenue

50.7

65.6

53.0

83.2

77.4

3.1.1.of Which Domestic Debt Service / Government Revenue

38.6

51.0

37.6

67.9

61.1

3.2.Total Debt Service / Government Expenditure

30.7

33.7

31.3

38.7

37.1

3.2.1.of Which Domestic Debt Service / Government Expenditure

23.4

26.2

22.2

31.6

29.3

3.3.Foreign Debt Service / Exports

10.2

9.4

9.7

9.9

9.0

4.Domestic Interest / GDP

5.5

4.7

4.8

4.9

6.0

4.1.Domestic Interest / Government Current Expenditure

27.0

23.8

25.6

25.3

29.6

4.2.Foreign Interest / Exports

3.4

2.7

2.8

2.3

Source:

Annual Report 2001 , Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Revised: 2007(y)/07(m)/10(d)

Chief Editor:

　　 Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

The Head, Department of Management Studies

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka