31.03.2016

According to the official register kept by the Ministry of Finance, the government debt as at end-February 2016 stands at EUR 11,598.3 million. Domestic debt amounts to EUR 3,704.9 million and external debt - to EUR 7,893.4 million.

At the end of the reporting period the government debt/gross domestic product (GDP)* ratio is 25.7%, with the share of domestic government debt being 8.2% and of external government debt - 17.5% of GDP. In the government debt structure, domestic debt at the end of the period amounts to 31.9%, and external debt - to 68.1%.

The debt currency structure as of the end of the month is as follows: 75.9% in EUR, 23.0% in BGN, 0.7% in USD and 0.3% in other currencies.

Government debt payments in February amount to BGN 230.9 million.

As regards the currency composition of payments, since the beginning of the year the greatest is the BGN share - 90.4%, followed by those in EUR - 6.4%, and in USD - 3.2%.

In February, the government guaranteed debt reaches EUR 305.0 million, of which EUR 31.8 million domestic government guarantees, with the government guaranteed debt/GDP ratio being 0.7%.

The Bulletin can be found in the Statistics Section/ Government Debt Monthly Bulletin.

*Forecast GDP data as per the updated autumn macroeconomic forecast of the Ministry of Finance for 2015.