Ukraine’s state debt exceeds UAH 2 trillion in 2017

That’s an 11% growth, according to the finance ministry.

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The total amount of state and state-guaranteed debt in hryvnias as of Dec 31, 2017, has grown by UAH 2.142, to UAH 2.142 trillion, according to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

This is an 11% growth compared to the amount recorded in the previous reporting period.

The state and state-guaranteed debt in the dollar equivalent over the same period increased by 7.5%, or by $5.33 billion, to $76.3 billion, reads the report.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine’s debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as of January 2018 totals $12.1 billion, according to Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, Oleh Churiy.

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