KYIV, Jan 28 – The ratio of the state and state-guaranteed debt of Ukraine to the forecast GDP at the end of 2019 is about 50%, and the public debt is 44% compared to 60.9% and 52.3% at the end of 2018 respectively, the Ministry of Finance has said.

According to its data, in absolute terms the total national debt of Ukraine in hryvnia equivalent over the past year decreased by 7.8%, or by UAH 170.2 billion, to UAH 1.998 trillion.

At the same time, in dollar terms it grew by 7.7%, or $6.05 billion, to $84.4 billion.