8-22  Risk Indicators on Foreign Debts

(%)

Year

Debt Service Ratio

Liability Ratio

Foreign Debt Ratio

1985

2.7

5.2

56.0

1986

15.4

7.3

72.1

1987

9.0

9.4

77.1

1988

6.5

10.0

87.1

1989

8.3

9.2

86.4

1990

8.7

13.5

91.6

1991

8.5

14.9

91.9

1992

7.1

14.4

87.9

1993

10.2

13.9

96.5

1994

9.1

17.1

78.0

1995

7.6

15.2

72.4

1996

6.0

14.2

67.7

1997

7.3

14.5

63.2

1998

10.9

15.2

70.4

1999

11.3

15.3

69.5

2000

9.2

13.5

52.1

2001

7.5

14.7

56.8

2002

7.9

13.6

46.1

2003

6.9

13.7

39.9

2004

3.2

13.9

34.9

2005

3.1

12.6

33.6

a) The table is provided by State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

b) Debt service ratio refers to the ratio of the payment of principal and interest of foreign debts to the foreign exchange receipts from foreign trade and non-trade services of the current year.

c) Liability ratio refers to the ratio of the balance of foreign debts to the gross domestic product of the current year.                    

d) Foreign debt ratio refers to the ratio of the balance of foreign debts to the foreign exchange receipts from foreign trade and non-trade services of the current year.