YEREVAN, April 6. /ARKA/. Armenia's public debt as of February 28, 2022 stood at over $9.3 billion, up $41.7 million from January 31, 2022, according to the National Statistical Committee (NSC). On December 31, 2021 the country's public debt stood at $9,225,643,000.

In Armenian drams, the public debt as of February 28, 2022 was worth about 4.5 trillion, decreasing by about 16 billion drams.

According to the National Statistics Committee, Armenia's external debt stood at $6,648.842, 000, a decrease of $6.540 million from the previous month, while domestic debt rose by $48.253 million to $2,675.457, 000.

In AMD equivalent, the external debt decreased by over 6 billion to 3,205,539,500, while the domestic debt increased by 22.1 billion to 1,289,891,500.

The government's external debt decreased by $13.345 million to $6,171.636, 000, while the Central Bank's debt rose by $6.804 million to $477,206,000. In drams, the Central Bank's debt rose by over 3 billion drams to 230 billion.

Of the domestic debt about $2,500,081,000 were owed to resident holders of government bonds, an increase of $43.243 million. Also, some $160.270 million were owed to resident holders of government bonds in foreign currency, an increase of $5 million.  Also, $11.106 million were owed as government guarantees, up $0.010 million. -0-