Ukraine's state debt grows by US$2 bln in 2018

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Ukraine's state and government-guaranteed debt in 2018 rose by US$2.02 billion, or 2.6%, to $78.32 billion.

The debt in the hryvnia equivalent over the period under review increased by UAH 26.94 billion, or 1.3%, to UAH 2.169 trillion, according to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry's website.

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In December 2018, the state debt grew by 4.8% in the dollar equivalent, as well as by 2.2% in the hryvnia equivalent.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's state and government-guaranteed debt in 2017 dropped to 71.8% of GDP from 80.9% in 2016.