YEREVAN, February 5. /ARKA/. Armenia’s overall public debt as of December 31, 2024 amounted to $12,842,240,000, increasing by $274.4 million compared to November 30, 2024, the National Statistical Committee said.
On December 31, 2023 the state debt stood at $11,845,413,000. Over $6.4 billion of the total was the external debt (an increase of $176.477 million compared to previous month), while the internal debt in December increased by $98 million and amounted to about $6.4 billion.
The government debt increased by $167.457 million and amounted to $5,950,139,000 by the end of December 2024, and the debt of the Central Bank increased by $9.020 million to $504.013 million.
Of the internal debt some $5.8 billion (up by $105.806 million) were owed to resident holders of state treasury bonds, $556.619 million were owed to resident holders of government bonds in foreign currency (a decrease of $11.497 million. Domestic guarantees of the government stood at $24.059 million with an increase of $3.640 million. No figures were available on loans and borrowings. -0-
