Moldova’s state debt on June 30, 2021 came to 75.6 billion lei, representing 34.8% of the GDP. In annual terms, the state debt rose by 26% following a 13% rise in the domestic state debt and a 13% rise in the foreign state debt recalculated in national currency, shows an inflation report by the National Bank of Moldova that is quoted by IPN.
The state debt is 54.6% formed of the foreign state debt and 45.4% of the domestic state debt.
At the end of June, the foreign state debt totaled US$ 2.295,6 billion, being by about US$355.2 million or 18.3% higher than the debt on June 30, 2020. Recalculated in national currency, the foreign state debt was about 41.3 billion lei (19% of GDP).
On June 30, the domestic state debt was 34.3 billion lei (15.8% of the GDP), up 29.2% compared with the corresponding period last year.
According to the National Bank, the rise in the internal state debt was influenced by the state securities issued on the primary market, whose value rose by 68.4% compared with the same period last year. At end-June, the domestic debt was 57.2% formed of state securities issued on the primary market, 36.8% of state securities issued for executing state guarantees and 6% of converted state securities.
