Domestic and external debt worldwide has increased more than five times in the last two decades, outstripping the rate of economic growth
, with gross domestic product only tripling since 2002, according to the Wednesday report, released in the run up to a G20 finance ministers and central bank governors’ meeting July 14-18.
Developing countries owe almost 30 per cent of the global public debt, of which 70 per cent is represented by China, India and Brazil. Fifty-nine developing countries face a debt-to-GDP ratio above 60 per cent – a threshold indicating high levels of debt. “Debt has been translating into a substantial burden for developing countries due to limited access to financing, rising borrowing costs, currency devaluations and sluggish growth,” the UN report added.
Furthermore, the international financial architecture made access to financing for developing countries both inadequate and expensive, the UN said, pointing to net interest debt payments exceeding 10 per cent of revenues for 50 emerging economies worldwide. “In Africa, the amount spent on interest payments is higher than spending on either education or health,” the report found with 3.3 billion people living in countries that spend more on debt interest payments than on health or education.
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