As of January 1, 2018, it amounted to 2.14 trillion hryvnia. On Wednesday, February 21, during a report on the activities of the State Treasury Service for 2017, the chairman of the State Treasury, Tatyana Slyuz.
According to her, as of January 1, 2016, the debt was 1 trillion 600 billion hryvnia. At the same time, she assured that the default in Ukraine should not be expected, since the agency carries out payments within the budgetary list.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the National Bank states that Ukraine and state-owned companies must pay $ 25 billion of debts in 2018-2020.
At the same time, the Finance Ministry confirmed that in 2017 the state debt of Ukraine increased by 11% and exceeded the mark of two trillion hryvnia.