Russia Public Debt (2024)

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Why is Russia's debt so low? ›

Low external debt means Russia doesn't need to tap international capital markets so is not vulnerable to any sort of sanctions on bond issues, which are easy to apply and enforce. At the same time gross international reserves have been rising and are now hovering around $600bn at the end of the first quarter.

In the latest reports, Russia National Government Debt reached 285.4 USD bn in Dec 2023. The country's Nominal GDP reached 494.7 USD bn in Mar 2023.

Russia's external debt declines 4.1% to $304 bln in Q1 2024 - Central Bank assessment. MOSCOW, 13th April, 2024 (WAM) – Russia's external debt declined by $12.8 billion, or 4.1%, to $304 billion in the first quarter of 2024, the Central Bank posted on its website.

Public debt in Russia was 18.9% of GDP in 2022. For more public debt information, visit our dedicated page.

Russia is usually one of the ten least-indebted countries in the world. Russia's debt is currently at a total of just over 302 billion USD. Most of Russia's external debt is private.

The Russian economy is shrinking

It is estimated that in 2022, Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) dropped by 2.1%. Russia's economy may continue to shrink in 2023. Its GDP is forecast to decline by 2.5% in the worst-case scenario (OECD) or by 0.2% according to the World Bank.

At the top is Japan, whose national debt has remained above 100% of its GDP for two decades, reaching 255% in 2023.

The $34 trillion gross federal debt equals debt held by the public plus debt held by federal trust funds and other government accounts. In very basic terms, this can be thought of as debt that the government owes to others plus debt that it owes to itself. Learn more about different ways to measure our national debt.

Is North Korea in debt? ›

North Korea's total external debt was estimated at 5.9~14.7 billion dollars as of the end of 2021. Among them, debt to public institutions accounted for 2.3~11.1 billion dollars, and debt to financial institutions accounted for 3.6 billion dollars.

Russia recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 17.20 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2022. Government Debt to GDP in Russia averaged 20.22 percent of GDP from 1999 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 92.10 percent of GDP in 1999 and a record low of 6.50 percent of GDP in 2009.

Under current policy, the United States has about 20 years for corrective action after which no amount of future tax increases or spending cuts could avoid the government defaulting on its debt whether explicitly or implicitly (i.e., debt monetization producing significant inflation).

Among other countries, Japan and China have continued to be the top owners of US debt during the last two decades. Since the dollar is a strong currency that is accepted globally, holding a substantial amount of US debt can be beneficial.

The National Debt Of Sweden

The IMF calculates the Kingdom of Sweden's gross national debt to GDP ratio at 41%, but its net debt to GDP ratio as 41.9% at the end of 2020. Previously, the Swedish government reported a lower GDP-to-debt ratio than the IMF.

Russia's economy is being revved up by the Kremlin's wartime priorities. Having largely completed an adjustment to the Western sanctions regime, the economy has stabilized but is now more dependent on oil prices. This hard-won stability may last a long time, but it is not eternal.

GDP: Russia's Economy is Falling Behind

Following its invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of U.S. and partners' sanctions and other economic measures, Russia's economy in 2022 contracted by 2.1 percent (Figure 1),^[ii] with record-high energy exports cushioning what would have been a far deeper contraction.

Exposure to Russian debt was highest in Italy and France, where upwards of $25 billion was owed each at the end of the third quarter of 2021. In Austria and the U.S., exposure stood at $17.5 billion and $14.7 billion, respectively.