Moldova’s total debt to bilateral creditors in 2023 increased by $137.64 million (+68.3%), amounting to $339.3 million.
According to the National Bank of Moldova, at the same time, the largest bilateral creditor of our country at the end of 2023 was Japan with a share of 42.8% of the total debt, and France took 2nd place with 37.7% of the total debt. Poland closes the top three in this indicator with a share of 6.7% of the total bilateral debt. In particular, at the end of 2023, Moldova’s bilateral debt to Japan amounted to $145.3 million, while it increased by 2.8 times compared to the situation at the end of 2022 ($51.76 million). At the same time, the debt to France in 2023 increased by 60.3% - from $79.78 million (at the end of 2022) to $127.89 million (at the end of 2023), and to Poland it increased by 4.5% - from $21.73 million to $22.7 million. Over the same period, the bilateral debt of the Republic of Moldova to Russia increased by 0.7% - from $14.5 million to $14.6 million, to Austria - decreased by 8.8% - from $15.99 million to $14.59 million, Moldova's bilateral debt to the United States decreased by 28.5% - from $12.81 million to $9.16 million, to Germany - decreased by 0.6% - from $5.09 million to $5.06 million, and to other countries - decreased by 30.9% - from $0.68 million to $0.47 million. // 02.04.2024 — InfoMarket
