The public debt of Serbia increased by 250.7 million euros from the end of August to the end of September, reaching 35.5 billion euros at the end of the month before last. The share of central government debt in GDP therefore amounted to 51.3 percent at the end of September 2023.
On the list of the largest creditors of Serbia in the structure of the public debt, buyers of Eurobonds are in first place, to which the state owes a total of 8.9 billion euros, according to data from the Public Debt Administration at the end of September this year.
The analysis of public debt shows that in second place are buyers of long-term state dinar securities, to which Serbia owes 6.8 billion euros, and in third place are loans from foreign governments, to which the state needs to return a total of 3.4 billion euros.
In fourth place is the Chinese Export-Import (EXIM) bank, from which Serbia borrowed around 2.5 billion euros. This is followed by loans from commercial banks, from which the state withdrew 2.5 billion euros.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in sixth place, to which the country owes 2.4 billion euros.
Next, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, to which Serbia owes 2.2 billion euros, then long-term state securities in euros, on the basis of which Serbia owes 1.9 billion, Serbia owes 1.8 billion euros to the European Investment Bank.
The state owes 572 million euros to the Development Bank of the Council of Europe, 565 million euros to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), other liabilities amount to 484 million euros, and the debt of the Paris Club amounts to 417 million euros.
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