Q4 Debt Bulletin for 2021 is released
March 09, 2022
The Debt Management Office, in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Trade has issued the final quarterly debt bulletin for the year 2021.
The bulletin shows that as at the end of December2021, the total Government and Government guaranteed debt amounted to SCR 18.5bn, representing about74%of GDP.
The total stock of domestic debt amounted to about SCR 10.3bn, or 55.5% of the total debt stock, whilst the external debt stock amounted to about SCR 8.2bn, equivalent to 44.5% of the total debt stock.
In comparison to the end of Q3 2021, domestic debt has decreased by about SCR 518m, whilst the external debt increased by about SCR 1.4bn. The increase is directly attributed to an increase in the multilateral external debt, following some significant disbursements in the fourth quarter of 2021.
To access the Q4 Debt Bulletin, click on the link below, or you can access all four quarterly debt bulletins on the ministry’s website; www.finance.gov.sc
http://www.finance.gov.sc/uploads/files/Q4-2021-Debt-Bulletin.pdf