وقد انخفضت قيمة خدمة الديون لهذه البلدان من 17.5 في المائة من صادراتها مثل السلع والخدمات في عام 1998 إلى نحو 10 في المائة في عام 2002.
For the 26 countries that had reached either the Decision Point or the Completion Point at the beginning of 2003, annual debt service has been cut on average by more than one third compared to 1998.11 The debt service of those countries fell from 17.5 per cent of their exports of goods and services in 1998 to around 10 per cent in 2002.