Norway Yearbook - 2003

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666 Government bonds'
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Norway2 7.13 6.82 5.94 5.13 5.35 5.38 6.38 6.31 6.33
Denmark 7.41 7.58 6.04 5.08 4.59 4.30 5.54 .. 4.57
Sweden3 9.41
Belgium 7.82 7.45 6.45 5.74 4.72 4.81 5.58 5.13 4.96
France 7.35 7.59 6.39 5.63 4.72 4.69 5.45 5.05 4.93
Itaiy2 10.56 12.21 9.40 6.86 4.90 4.73 5.58 5.19 5.03
Netherlands 7.20 7.19 6.49 5.81 4.87 4.92 5.51 5.17 5.00
United Kingdom 8.05 8.25 8.10 7.09 5.45 4.70 468 4.78 4.83
Germany 6.67 6.49 5.63 5.08 439 4.26 5.24 4.70 4.61
Canada5 8.63 8.28 7.50 6.42 5.47 5.69 589 5.78 5.66
United States6 7.11 6.58 6.44 6.35 5.26 5.64 6.03 5.02 4.61
Japan 3.71 2.53 2.23 1.69 1.10 1.77 1.75 1.33 1.00
Australia 9.04 9.17 8.17 6.89 5.50 6.08 6.26 5.74 5.82
1For most countries effective interest rate. Average of the ye&. 2Maturity 17 ye ars. 3Maturity 15 years or more. 4Malsrity 1 5-20 years.
tMaturity 10 years and over, 6Maturity 10 years.
Source: UN Monthly Bulleun of Statistics and MF More information: http:1 7www.un.org/pubs/
667 Public expenditure on development aid
Million US dollar
DACcouritries are members of OECD's Development Assistance Committee.
Source: http'/Mw.oecd org/. More information: http://www.oecd.org/
In per cent of gross national product
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Norway 1 306 1 321 1 370 1 264 1 346 0.85 0.90 0.90 0.80 0.83
Denmark 1 637 1704 1 733 1 664 1 634 0.97 099 1.01 1.06 1.03
Finland 379 396 416 371 389 0.32 0.31 0.33 0.31 0.32
Sweden 1 731 1 573 1 630 1 799 1 799 0.79 0.72 0.70 0.80 0.81
Belgium 764 883 760 820 867 0.31 0.35 0.30 0.36 0.37
France 6307 5742 5639 4105 4198 0.45 0.40 0.39 0.32 0.32
Greece 173 179 194 226 202 - - 0.15 0.20 0.17
Ireland 187 199 245 235 287 0.31 0.30 0.31 0.30 0.33
Italy 1 266 2278 1 806 1 376 1 627 0.11 0.20 0.15 0.13 0.15
Luxembourg 95 112 119 123 141 0.55 0.65 066 0.71 0.82
Netherlands 2947 3042 3 134 3 135 3 172 0.81 0.80 0.79 0.84 0.82
Portugal 250 259 276 271 268 0.25 0.24 0.26 0.26 0.25
Spain 1 234 1 376 1 363 1195 1737 0.24 0.24 0.23 0.22 0.30
United Kingdom 3433 3864 3426 4 501 4579 0.26 0.27 0.24 0.32 0.32
Switzerland 911 898 984 890 908 0.34 0.32 0.35 0.34 0.34
Germany 5857 5 581 5 515 5030 4990 0.28 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.27
Austria 527 456 527 423 533 0.26 0.22 0.26 0.23 0.29
Canada 2 045 1 707 1 706 1 744 1 533 0.34 0.30 0.28 0.25 0.22
United States 6878 8786 9 145 9955 11 429 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.11
Japan 9358 10640 15323 13 508 9847 0.21 0.27 0.34 0.28 0.23
Australia 1 061 960 982 987 873 0.27 0.27 0.26 0.27 0.25
MewZealand 154 130 134 113 112 0.26 0.27 0.25 0.25 0.25
OECD/DAC' countries, total 48497 52084 56428 53734 52 333 0.22 0.23 0.24 0.22 0.22
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