YEREVAN. – At the end of the first half of 2016, the national debt of Armenia has amounted to 5 billion and 343.8 million US dollars. 

Atom Janjughazyan, Deputy Minister of Finance and Chief Treasurer of Armenia, on Tuesday stated the aforementioned at the National Assembly, as he presented the 2016 State Budget performance report for the first half of the year.

Accordingly, this national debt totals 2 trillion and 545.4 billion drams, whose government debt is 2 trillion and 308.6 billion drams, and that of the Central Bank of Armenia totals 236.8 billion drams.

At the end of the first half of 2016, the national debt of Armenia has amounted to 46.7 percent of the projected GDP.