Ukraine's state debt grows to almost $76.8 bln in Feb 2018

Ukraine's state and government-guaranteed debt in February 2018 rose by US$0.54 billion, or 0.71%, to $76.76 billion.

Read alsoUkraine's state debt down to 72% of GDP in 2017 – Finance MinistryThe debt in the hryvnia equivalent over the period under review decreased by UAH 66.33 billion, or 3.1%, to UAH 2.069 trillion, according to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry's website.

The country's state debt in January-February 2018 grew by 0.6%, or $0.46 billion in the dollar equivalent, while it declined by UAH 73.06 billion, or 3.4%, 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.