Maturity Profile of Debt

The Maturity Profile of the National Debt as at end 2009 is illustrated in the graph below. Reflecting the particular characteristics of the retail savings debt, for the purposes of constructing an overall maturity profile of the National Debt, 50 per cent of Small Savings related debt is distributed over the first five years and the balance is deemed to be maturing in the sixth year.

Yearly Profile of the National Debt as at end 2009

Yearly Profile of the National Debt as at end of the 2009.

Note: The maturity of Small Savings products and the small Savings Reserve are in line with the Minister’s Guidelines – where 50% is distributed over the first 5 years and the balance is deemed to be maturing in the sixth year.

Maturity profile of the debt (HTML version)

Note: Figures for 31 December 2009 are unaudited