28.04.2016

According to the official register kept by the Ministry of Finance, the government debt as at end-March 2016 stands at EUR 13,351.3 million. Domestic debt amounts to EUR 3,490.2 million and external debt to EUR 9,861.1 million.

At the end of the reporting period the government debt/gross domestic product (GDP)* ratio is 29.3%, with the share of domestic government debt being 7.7% and of external government debt - 21.6% of GDP. In the government debt structure, domestic debt at the end of the period amounts to 26.1%, and external debt - to 73.9%.

The debt currency structure as of end-December is as follows: 79.2% in EUR, 20.0% in BGN, 0.6% in USD and 0.3% in other currencies.

Government debt payments in March amount to BGN 651.4 million.

As regards the currency composition of payments, since the beginning of the year the greatest is the EUR share - 57.0%, followed by those in BGN - 41.2% and in USD - 1.8%.

In March, the government guaranteed debt reaches EUR 287.3 million, of which EUR 31.8 million of domestic government guarantees, with the government guaranteed debt/GDP ratio being 0.6%.

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

*Forecast GDP data as per the updated spring macroeconomic forecast of the Ministry of Finance for 2016.