Moldova’s total external debt for 9 months in 2024 increased by $54.36 million (+0.5%), amounting to $10 billion 173.2 million as of the end of September
These are the preliminary data of Moldova’s total debt, published by the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) in the Balance of Payments for the mentioned period. At the same time, in relation to the country's GDP, the country's total debt at the end of September 2024 amounted to 57%, decreasing by 4.2 percentage points compared to the situation as of the end of 2023. According to the NBM, the external debt of the public sector and the debt guaranteed by the state in January-September 2024 increased by $188.93 million (+4.9%), from $3 billion 820.52 million (at the end of 2023) to $4 billion 009.45 million (at the end of September 2024), accounting for 39.4% of the total debt. At the same time, non-guaranteed private sector debt decreased by $134.57 million (-2.1%) over the same period, from $6 billion 298.32 million to $6 billion 163.75 million and accounted for 60.6% of total debt. Long-term external debt at the end of September 2024 amounted to $7 billion 578.28 million, up 1.9% compared to the situation at the end of 2023, when it was $7 billion 434.23 million. At the same time, short-term external debt amounted to $2 billion 594.92 million, down 3.3%, compared to the end of 2023 ($2 billion 684.61 million). Their share in the total debt amounted to 74.5% and 25.5%, respectively. The structure of the external state debt by creditors, according to the situation at the end of September 2024, shows that the main creditor of the state was the IMF with a share of 32.3% ($1 billion 294.49 million) of the total amount, followed by the World Bank Group with 27.4% ($1 billion 097.23 million) and the European Investment Bank with 12.1% ($484.3 million). // 02.01.2025 - InfoMarket.
