Moldova's total debt to bilateral creditors in 2021 decreased by $68.18 million, or 36.6%, to $117.95 million.
According to the National Bank of Moldova, Japan was the largest bilateral creditor of our country in 2021 with a share of 41.1% of the total debt, while Austria ranked second with 16.3% of the total debt. The three leaders are followed by the U.S. - 14.3% of the total bilateral debt. In particular, in 2021, Moldova's bilateral debt to Japan decreased by 13.2% - from $59.91 million (end of 2020) - to $51.98 million (end of 2021), the debt to Austria decreased by 17.1% - from $23.14 million to $19.18 million, while the debt to the United States decreased by 19.4% - from $20.95 million to $16.88 million. Over the same period, Moldova's bilateral debt to Russia decreased by 42.9% - from $25.41 million to $14.5 million and the debt to Germany decreased by 30.1% - from $13.24 million to $9.26 million. Moldova's bilateral debt to Romania reduced almost 7.6 times - from $42.95 million to $5.66 million, and to Poland decreased by 7.5% - from $0.53 million to $0.49 million. // 24.05.2022 - InfoMarket.
