Balgarianovinite.com The debt of the Central Government amounted to EUR 33.473 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2026, the Ministry of Finance announced Monday. On a monthly basis, the debt increased by EUR 320.5 million. The rise is mainly due to newly incurred debt through government securities issued on the domestic market solely for the purpose of refinancing debt contracted by the end of 2025.
The Finance Ministry noted that, in line with the Eurostat publication of April 22, 2026, the debt data for the Central Government subsector at the end of 2025, as well as for January, February, and March 2026, include as a liability the unused funds intended for capital increases of the Bulgarian Development Bank EAD and Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD, which are held in accounts of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Energy.
Domestic debt amounts to EUR 8.174 billion, while external debt stands at EUR 25.299 billion. As of March 2026, domestic and external obligations account for 24.4% and 75.6% of the total debt structure, respectively.
The ratio of Central Government debt to GDP stands at 26.7%, marking an increase of 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous month. The share of domestic debt relative to GDP is 6.5%, while external debt accounts for 20.2%.
By instrument, as of March 31, 2026, the largest share of the debt continues to be government securities issued on international capital markets, accounting for 67.8%, followed by government securities issued on the domestic market (17.8%), loans (8.9%), and deposits (5.5%).
In terms of interest rate structure, fixed-rate debt continues to dominate (99.8%), while by currency, euro-denominated instruments hold the largest share (96.1%), with debt in US dollars accounting for 3.9%.
The guaranteed debt of the Central Government stood at EUR 637.9 million as of March 31, 2026. Domestic guarantees amount to EUR 241.9 million, while external guarantees total EUR 396.0 million. The ratio of guaranteed debt to GDP is 0.5%.
According to the official register of government and government-guaranteed debt maintained by the Ministry of Finance, state debt reached EUR 31.470 billion at the end of March 2026, or 25.1% of GDP. Domestic obligations amounted to EUR 6.085 billion, while external obligations stood at EUR 25.384 billion. Government-guaranteed debt totaled EUR 658.4 million in March 2026, with a ratio to GDP of 0.5%, the Finance Ministry added. Central Government Debt Reaches EUR 33.47 Bln in Q1, Up EUR 320 Mln M/M 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-04 20:01:15 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law