Gross external debt statistics are harmonized with BOP statistics. They include both public sector (general government, public corporations and national bank) and private sector (banking and other sectors) external debt. External debt statistics are compiled according to the methodology provided by the IMF's “External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users” (2003).

 

The gross external debt of Georgia amounted to 22.2 billion USD (62.9 billion GEL) as of 30 of September 2022. It stood at 97.5 percent of last four quarter GDP. During the third quarter of 2022 the gross external debt of Georgia decreased by 127.1 million USD. Out of that, 373.5 million USD increase and 5.0 million USD increase was due to transactions and other changes respectively, while exchange rate and price changes led to its decrease by 485.5 million USD and 20.2 million USD.

 

Public sector external debt amounted to 9.7 billion USD (27.6 billion GEL) or 42.8 percent of GDP, out of which, debt of the general government amounted to 7.3 billion USD (20.6 billion GEL) or 31.9 percent of GDP. External liabilities of the National Bank of Georgia amounted to 868.1 million USD (2.5 billion GEL) or 3.8 percent of GDP, and the bonds and loans of public enterprises were correspondingly 399.6 million USD (1.1 billion GEL) or 1.8 percent of GDP and 1.2 billion USD (3.4 billion GEL) and 5.3 percent of GDP.

 

Banking sector external debt amounted to 5.9 billion USD (16.9 billion GEL) or 26.2 percent of GDP; Other sectors’ external debt stood at 4.7 billion USD (13.2 billion GEL) or 20.5 percent of GDP; While 3.4 billion USD (9.8 billion GEL) or 15.1 percent of GDP was the intercompany lending. 89.5 percent of the gross external debt of Georgia was denominated in a foreign currency.

 

The net external debt of Georgia amounted to 11.7 billion USD (33.1 billion GEL) or 51.4 percent of last four quarter GDP. Net public sector external debt was 5.4 billion USD (15.3 billion GEL) or 23.7 percent of GDP.

 

External liabilities of the National Bank of Georgia decreased by 30.9 million USD, out of that, transactions led to increase of the debt by 1.5 thousand USD; exchange rate changes decreased the debt by 32.4 million USD. By the end of the third quarter of 2022, the external debt of the National Bank of Georgia amounted to 868.1 million USD, of which 443.6 million USD are Special Drawing Rights (SDR)[1] which have no maturity date, therefore there is no obligation to repay them as long as Georgia is a member of the IMF.

 

The presented statistical information is published on the website of the National Bank of Georgia under the heading “Statistics”.

 

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¹Allocated SDR is international reserve asset created by the IMF that is allocated to member countries in proportion to their IMF quotas. Allocated SDR is a liability that has no maturity date, therefore there is no obligation to repay them as long as the country is a member of the IMF. The amount of the above mentioned allocated SDR is presented in the assets of the National Bank and thereafter the net liability of the National Bank equals zero. From 2009, the IMF changed its methodological treatment towards SDR and, according to the new approach, allocated SDR is also recorded in liabilities.