Before the HIPC Initiative, eligible countries spent, on average, slightly more on debt service than on health and education combined. Now, debt in the 28 countries for which relief has been approved has declined by an average of two-thirds, while their expenditures on health, education, and other social services have risen to almost four times the amount of debt-service payments.
在HIPC之前，平均而言，符合资格的国家在还债上花费的要略为大于医疗和教育费用的总和。现在，获得批准的28个国家的债务已经平均下降三分之二，而其在医疗、教育以及其他社会服务上的开支则几乎上升到还债的四倍。