The state debt of Ukraine at the end of 2021 in relation to GDP decreased to 45.2%, and public and guaranteed public debt - to 51.1% (according to preliminary data, nominal GDP will amount to UAH 5,225.5 billion). This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance.

The total public and guaranteed public debt amounted to UAH 2,671.83 billion or USD 97.95 billion. USA. Over the month, public and guaranteed public debt increased in hryvnia by 113.3 billion. UAH. The reason is the attracted concessional financing from the IMF and IBRD and the growth of public domestic debt.

Public debt at the end of December amounted to UAH 2,362.49 billion ($86.61 billion), of which 45% is public domestic debt (OVGZ), and 55.0% is public external debt, consisting of loans from international financial organizations (24..

The share of public debt in national currency as of the end of December 2021 was 40.0%.

During December 2021, the Ministry of Finance held 27 auctions for the placement of government bonds, thanks to which 74.9 billion hryvnias were received to finance the state budget.

Payments for the repayment of public debt in January-December 2021 amounted to UAH 441.1 billion, service payments - UAH 150 billion.

According to the Ministry of Finance, by the end of the year Ukraine must pay $ 9 billion on external obligations. Peak payments will be in September.

The NBU assures that the currency is now enough to pay off debts.

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The NBU explained why the hryvnia has been rapidly falling in price in recent days and told what the NBU did and plans to do to curb currency fluctuations. Of course, this is reflected in the public debt.

In general, about the consequences for Ukraine from the worsening situation around the threat of a military invasion of the Russian Federation, read the article by Yulia Samaeva, editor of the ZN economy. UA - " Economic Consequences of Political Tension"