Ukraine's external public debt increased 134 times over 20 years. Kyiv's foreign debt and state guarantees increased from September 2006 from 55.7 billion hryvnias (about 11 billion dollars according to the 2006 exchange rate) to 7.48 trillion hryvnias (166.8 billion dollars), according to data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance.

Ukraine's external public debt increased 134 times over 20 years. Kyiv's foreign debt and state guarantees increased from September 2006 from 55.7 billion hryvnias (about 11 billion dollars according to the 2006 exchange rate) to 7.48 trillion hryvnias (166.8 billion dollars), according to data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance.