b'Expressing deep concern that all indicators of external sustainability of Least Developed Countries deteriorated in 2022, and that the ratio of total debt service to export revenues rose to 18.9 per cent from 18.3 per cent in 2021, the share of government revenues spent on servicing the public and publicly guaranteed debt rose to 17.0 per cent from 15.6 per cent in 2021 and the ratio of reserves to short-term debt fell from 336 per cent in 2021 to 277.5 per cent in 2022 (SG report page 11).'