With regard to the sustainability of its fiscal position, the outlook is for a further decline in the debt ratio to 61.3% in 2000 and Sweden is expected to comply with the medium-term objective of the Stability and Growth Pact of having a budgetary position that is close to balance or in surplus.
Concerning the ageing of the population, Sweden benefits from a partly funded pension system, which is gradually being supplemented by a new system which will reduce pressures on public finances.