BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 22. As of July 1 this year, 86.8 percent of Azerbaijan's $5.3 billion external public debt was in dollars, Trend reports, referring to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Finance.
According to the data, the share of the euro in the debt amounted to 6 percent, the Japanese yen to 3 percent, other currencies to 0.6 percent, and SDR (Special Drawing Rights (SDR) of the International Monetary Fund) to 3.6 percent.
The variable interest rate liabilities amounted to 48.4 percent of the external debt, while the fixed rate liabilities amounted to 51.6 percent.
Of the external public debt, 42.1 percent is repayable to creditors for up to 5 years, 49.1 percent for 5 to 10 years, and 8.7 percent for more than 10 years.
About 64.2 percent of the external public debt falls on liabilities under multilateral financial institutions, 25.9 percent on bonds placed in the external market, and 9.9 percent on loans attracted from bilateral financial institutions.
The liabilities attracted under Eurobonds accounted for 25.9 percent of the external public debt, 35 percent under the Asian Development Bank, 16.7 percent - under the World Bank, and 22.4 percent under other creditors.
A total of 40.6 percent of the external public debt consisted of liabilities on closing the budget deficit, attracted by the Ministry of Finance acting on behalf of the government, and 59.4 percent on programs and projects implemented by other executive bodies.
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