The end-August figure includes 83 billion euro in long-term foreign debt, up from 74.319 billion euro at the end of 2019, BNR said in a monthly balance of payments report.
Long-term external debt service ratio fell to 17% in August, compared to 19.3% at end-2019.
Goods and services import cover stood at 5.8 months at end-August, up from 4.5 months at end-2019.
The ratio of the BNR’s foreign exchange reserves to short-term external debt by remaining maturity increased to 79.5% at end-August , from 68.8% at end-2019.
Details follow (in billions of euro):
Jan-August '20 | end '19 | |
Total external debt | 116.122 | 109.783 |
- long-term external debt | 83.073 | 74.319 |
- short-term external debt | 33.049 | 35.464 |
($=0.8529 euro)