The head of the Verkhovna Rada’s tax committee, Daniil Getmantsev, has said that Ukraine’s public debt increased by 5 per cent in March to 151.1bn dollars.
“In March, the public debt increased by 5% – by $7.4 billion. As of 31 March, the public and state-guaranteed debt was $151.1 billion,” Daniil Getmantsev wrote in his Telegram channel.
According to him, the increase in debt was affected by the devaluation of the hryvnia and the inflow of foreign aid to the budget in the form of soft loans.
As of 30 November 2023, the state debt of Ukraine was 140 billion dollars or about 85% of GDP. Since the beginning of 2022, it has grown by 62%.
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