07 July 2021, Wednesday, 13:06 125

Total State Debt Up 0.2% To USD 91.52 Billion In May

Редактор: Daria Zubkova

The overall state (direct and state-secured) debt of Ukraine in May rose by 0.2% or UAH 0.19 billion month over month to USD 91.52 billion.

The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has said this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

As of the end of May 2021, the total state and state-guaranteed debt of Ukraine in equivalent in national currency amounted to UAH 2,516.72 billion (USD 91.52 billion in foreign currency equivalent) against UAH 2,534.29 billion (USD 91.33 billion) in April.

The total amount of direct state debt as of May 31 amounted to UAH 2,241.18 billion (USD 81.50 billion) against UAH 2,258.04 billion (USD 81.37 billion) a month earlier.

At the same time, direct external debt increased over the month from USD 45.12 billion to USD 45.19 billion.

Direct domestic debt decreased in hryvnia equivalent from UAH 1,006.09 billion to UAH 998.45 billion (in dollar terms it decreased from USD 36.26 billion to USD 36.31 billion).

The state-guaranteed debt as of May 31 amounted to UAH 275.54 billion or USD 10.02 billion.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, in 2020, the state debt increased by 6.9% from USD 84.4 billion to USD 90.3 billion.

In 2019, state and state-guaranteed debt increased by USD 6.05 billion, and in hryvnia equivalent decreased by UAH 170 billion.

At the same time, in 2019, the size of the direct state debt increased by USD 7.2 billion, and in hryvnia equivalent decreased by UAH 98.9 billion.

The total state (direct and guaranteed) debt of Ukraine at the end of 2018 increased by 2.6% or USD 2.02 billion to USD 78.32 billion.

The state and state-guaranteed debt of Ukraine in 2017 increased in dollar terms by 7.5% or USD 5.33 billion to USD 76.31 billion.