The aggregate state (direct and guaranteed) debt of Ukraine in August compared to the previous month decreased by 0.42%, or by USD 0.66 billion, to USD 154.69 billion.
This is stated in the data of the Ministry of Finance, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
State and state-guaranteed debt at the end of August amounted to UAH 6,371.69 billion, or USD 154.69 billion, against UAH 6,374.09 billion, or USD 155.36 billion, a month earlier.
The total amount of direct government debt as of the reporting date was UAH 6,078.87 billion (USD 147.58 billion) against UAH 6,050.06 billion (USD 147.46 billion) a month earlier.
At the same time, direct external debt increased from USD 106.72 billion to USD 106.78 billion in the month.
Direct domestic debt increased in hryvnia equivalent from UAH 1,671.27 billion to UAH 1,680.44 billion (in dollar equivalent - from USD 40.73 billion to USD 40.80 billion).
The state-guaranteed debt at the end of the reporting month amounted to UAH 292.82 billion, or USD 7.11 billion.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the total state (direct and guaranteed) debt of Ukraine for 2023 increased by 30.4% or USD 33.87 billion to a record USD 145.32 billion.
In 2022, the total national debt increased by USD 13.39 billion, or 13.66%, to USD 111.34 billion.
In 2021, the national debt increased by 8.52%, or by USD 7.69 billion, to USD 97.95 billion.
In 2020, the total national debt increased by 6.9%, from USD 84.4 billion to USD 90.3 billion.
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