The overall state (direct and state-secured) debt of Ukraine in August increased by 1.28% or USD 1.24 billion over July to USD 98.03 billion.
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has said this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
Public and state-guaranteed debt as of late August amounted to UAH 3,584.76 billion or USD 98.03 billion against UAH 3,539.29 billion or USD 96.79 billion, a month earlier.
The total amount of direct public debt as of August 31 amounted to UAH 3,215.29 billion (USD 87.92 billion) against UAH 3,164.84 billion (USD 86.55 billion) a month earlier.
At the same time, direct external debt decreased from USD 52.21 billion to USD 53.44 billion over the month.
Direct domestic debt increased in hryvnia equivalent from UAH 1,255.75 billion to UAH 1,261.09 billion (in dollar terms it increased from USD 34.34 billion to USD 34.49 billion).
As of August 31, the government-guaranteed debt amounted to UAH 369.47 billion or USD 10.10 billion.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, in 2021, the public debt increased by 8.52% or USD 7.69 billion to USD 97.95 billion.
In 2020, the total public debt increased by 6.9% from USD 84.4 billion to USD 90.3 billion.
In 2019, the state and state-guaranteed debt increased by USD 6.05 billion, and decreased by UAH 170 billion in hryvnia equivalent.
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