Foreign Debt per Capita Rose by 19.3%
As of 1 July 2013 the foreign debt of Azerbaijan amounted to the equivalent of 5.5 billion U.S. dollars. This is about $ 1 billion more than the beginning of July 2011.
The official source of external borrowing and external debt Azerbaijan last update was made in July 2011, according to which, the national debt was $ 4 billion 512.6 million. With the population of the country' being 9,164,000 people, the national debt per capita was $ 492.3. On July 1 this year, the figure reached $ 587.3, an increase of 19.3%.
It should be emphasized that the size of the foreign public debt is growing at a faster pace. For comparison, on the first January 2008 it was $ 2 441.9 million, or $ 283.9 per capita.
According to the law "On budget system ", the Ministry of Finance should disclose the size of the public debt on a quarterly basis.
According to the government, on July 1, the size of the external public borrowing amounted to $ 11.6 billion in the first half of this year. The government took advantage of the foreign debt of $ 442.5 million. - 08B-
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