SOME ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS YEAR 2005 2006 2007 2008 Basic outstanding budget over nominal GDP in percentages -4.0 -4.9 -5.2 -3.3 Basic ex-Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) outstanding budget and budget grants/nominal GDP in percentages -0.5 -2.3 -1.1 -0.5 Annual inflation rate (average annual variations in percentages) 6.4 2.3 -0.2 2.4 Total outstanding public debt on nominal GDP in percentages 44.4 22.7 22.1 20.7 Salaries and wages as percentage of tax revenue 42.0 44.1 45.6 41.0 Salaries and wages corrected by budgetary support and HIPC as percentage of tax revenue 36.5 39.1 39.0 36.4 Capital expenditure on internal funding as percentage of tax revenue 43.4 42.7 40.9 36.2 Capital expenditure on internal funding corrected with budgetary support and HIPC as percentage of tax revenue 30.5 34.1 29.8 28.8 Tax revenue on GDP in percentages 11.8 11.9 12.6 13.4 Current ex-grant balance as percentage of GDP -15.0 -12.6 -12.7 -12.0 Total ex-grant balance on GDP in percentages -9.7 -11.3 -12.6 -11.8 Total balance on GDP in percentages -5.1 -5.4 -5.7 -6.5 Total cash balance on GDP in percentages -5.1 -5.4 -5.7 -6.5 First level Second level OTHER BUDGETARY INDICATORS xiv