REUTERS
Ukraine's debt-to-GDP ratio decreased to 62.7% in 2018.
Ukraine's state and government-guaranteed debt grew by 0.6% in the first three months of 2019, to US$78.78 billion in the U.S. dollar equivalent.
The country's debt in the hryvnia equivalent shrank by 1%, to UAH 2.147 trillion, Ukraine's Finance Ministry said on its website.
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State debt in March 2019 alone rose by 0.7% in the dollar equivalent and by 1.6% in the hryvnia equivalent.
UNIAN memo. Ukraine's state and government-guaranteed debt in 2018 rose by 2.6%, or US$2.02 billion, to US$78.32 billion in the equivalent.
The debt in the hryvnia equivalent increased by 1.3%, or UAH 26.94 billion, to UAH 2.169 trillion last year.
Ukraine's debt-to-GDP ratio decreased to 62.7% in 2018 from 71.8% in 2017.