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Bulgaria remains among the EU countries with the lowest debt

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On October 21, the Ministry of Finance assumed domestic debt and sold government securities for 145 million euros with 3-year maturity. In 2025, the state assumed domestic debt of 1.45 billion euros. Debt of 7.2 billion euros was assumed on international markets, BTA recalls. According to the state budget, the debt assumed by the end of the year on the domestic and foreign markets could reach 9.1 billion euros. So far, the new debt amounts to 8.65 billion euros.

According to the latest Eurostat data from October 21, Bulgaria remains among the EU countries with the lowest ratio of government debt to GDP. For the second quarter of 2025, the lowest debt ratio was in Estonia (23.2 percent), Luxembourg (25.1 percent) and Bulgaria (26.3 percent). The increase in the ratio for Bulgaria in 2025 was 2.6%.

Editor: Ivo Ivanov

Publication in English: Al. Markov

Photo: BGNES



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