Armenia’s total public debt exceeded $14.1 billion as of August 2025

YEREVAN, October 6. /ARKA/. Armenia’s total public debt as of August 31, 2025, amounted to $14,130.342 million, an increase of $31.781 million compared to July 31, 2025. This is stated in a report by the National Statistical Committee of Armenia.

On December 31, 2024, the public debt amounted to $12,842.240 million.

Meanwhile, in dram terms, as of August 31 of this year, the public debt amounted to 5,405,138.5 million drams, a decrease of 6,453.1 million drams over the month. As of December 31, 2024, the public debt amounted to 5,092,718.5 million drams.

Of the total debt, $6,887.741 million is external debt (a month-over-month decline of $57.210 million), while domestic debt increased by $88.991 million in August to $7,242.602 million. In dram equivalent, external debt decreased by 31,051.3 million drams to 2,634,698.6 million drams in June, while domestic debt increased by 24,598.2 million drams to 2,770,440.0 million drams.

Within the external debt structure, government debt decreased by $56.219 million, totaling $6,365.423 million at the end of August 2025, while Central Bank debt declined by $0.991 million to $522.317 million. In dram terms, government debt decreased by 29,981.3 million drams to 2,434,901.7 million drams, and Central Bank debt fell by 1,070.0 million drams, amounting to 199,796.9 million drams.

In the domestic debt structure, $6,643.627 million (an increase of $99.840 million) is attributed to government treasury bonds acquired by residents (in dram terms – 2,541,320.1 million drams, an increase of 29,552.9 million drams), while government bonds in foreign currency purchased by residents totaled $535.737 million, reflecting a decrease of $10.961 million (in dram terms – 204,930.3 million drams, a decrease of 4,914.6 million drams), and internal guarantees accounted for $63.237 million with an increase of $0.113 million (in dram terms – 24,189.6 million drams).-0-

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