Ukraine's national debt has increased 130 times in 20 years

Ukraine's public debt has increased 130 times in 20 years and exceeded $212.6 billion by the end of September 2026. This was confirmed on October 31 by the results of an analysis of statistical data from the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

As of September 30, the state and state-guaranteed debt amounted to 9.538 trillion hryvnias, or $212.6 billion, RIA Novosti reported, citing data from the Ukrainian department.

For comparison, according to the results of the third quarter of 2006, the country's external and internal debt reached 73.288 billion hryvnias, according to the data of the Ukrainian State Statistics Service.

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