Our Ratios

21 November 2005
Debt service / total public service salaries (DS/WS)

DS/WS measures the debt service burden in relation to the country’s public service salaries. It shows to what extent the debt service results in (…)

21 November 2005
Debt service / net official development aid (DS/ ODA)

The main interest of such an indicator lies in observing proportionality between debt service and aid; the "critical" value is thus 1 and shows (…)

21 November 2005
Debt service / education budget (DS/ EB)

DS/EB measures the burden of the debt service in relation to the country’s education budget every year. It shows to what extent debt service (…)

21 November 2005
Debt service / tax revenues (DS/ TR)

DS/TR measures the burden of the debt service in relation to the country’s tax revenues. It highlughts the extent to which debt service hampers (…)

21 November 2005
Debt service per inhabitant (DS/POP)

The Debt Service per inhabitant measures the amount paid each year to service the debt for each inhabitant; it is thus a good indicator of its (…)

21 November 2005
Debt service / capital expenditure (DS/CE)

DS/CE measures the burden of the debt service in relation to public investment. It shows to what extent debt service prevents capital expenditure.

9 November 2005
Debt Service / Healthcare Budget (DS/ HB)

DS/HB meesures the burden of the debt service in relation to the country’s expenditure in healthcare. It shows to what extent debt service can (…)