July 1 (SeeNews) - Croatia's general government debt rose 3.12% month-on-month in March, reaching 340 billion kuna ($ 54.0 billion/ 45.4 billion euro), central bank figures showed.
On an annual basis, it increased 13.9% in March, according to data published by the Croatian National Bank.
"The overall debt at the end of March stood at 91.3% of GDP at the end of March, up by 17.6 percentage points compared to March last year, when it equalled 73.7% of GDP," the central bank said in a comment.
In March, the domestic component of the general government debt increased 0.37% on the month to 218.4 billion kuna, while the external component rose by 8.47% to 121.6 billion kuna.
Croatia's general government debt increased by 12.5% to 330 billion kuna in 2020.
(1 euro = 7.4868 Croatian kuna)