The total external debt of Moldova at the end of the first half of 2022 amounted to $8 billion 687.24 million, having decreased by $78.37 million, or by 0.9%, since the beginning of the year
Such preliminary data on the country's total debt was published by the National Bank of Moldova in the Balance of Payments for January-June 2022, noting that, at the same time, in relation to the country's gross domestic product, the country's total debt at the end of June 2022 amounted to 60.9 %, decreasing by 3.2 percentage points compared to the situation at the end of 2021. According to the NBM, the external debt of the public sector and state-guaranteed debt during January-June 2022 decreased by $21.4 million, or 0.8 % - from $2 billion 731 million (at the end of 2021) to $2 billion 709.6 million (at the end of the first half of 2022), amounting to 31.2% of the total debt. Herewith, non-guaranteed debt of the private sector decreased over the same period by $56.97 million, or by 0.9% - from $6 billion 034.61 million to $5 billion 977.64 million, and amounted to 68.8% of the total debt amounts. The overall decline in Moldova's external debt during the first half of 2022 was due to a reduction in the debt of the Central Bank on IMF loans by 20.05% - from $92.39 million to $73.87 million, debt under the section "Other sectors" - by 1.3% - from $3 billion 795.47 million to $3 billion 744.81 million, as well as debt under the section "Direct investments: inter-branch lending" - by 2.3% - from $1 billion 921.15 million to $1 billion 876.65 million. Meanwhile, the debt of the general government sector over the same period increased by 0.01% - from $2 billion 606.58 million (at the end of 2021) to $2 billion 606.87 million (at the end of the first half of 2022), commercial banks by 10% - from $350.02 million to $385.04 million. Long-term external debt at the end of the first half of 2022 amounted to $6 billion 173.26 million, having decreased by 1.4% compared to the situation at the end of 2021, when it was equal to $6 billion 261.51 million. Thus, short-term external debt amounted to $2 billion 513.98 million, having increased by 0.4% compared to the end of 2021 ($2 billion 504.1 million ). Their share in the total debt amounted to 71.1% and 28.9%, respectively. The structure of the state external debt by creditors, according to the situation at the end of the first half of 2022, shows that the main creditor of the state was the IMF with a share of 36.8% ($997.2 million), of the total amount, followed by the World Bank Group with a share of 28.5% ($772.76 million) and the European Investment Bank - 14.4% ($389.95 million).// 10.10.2022 — InfoMarket
