At the end of September 2024, Russia's external debt, both public and corporate, in monetary amounted to $293.4 billion, or approximately 27.4 trillion rubles.
At the same time, the level of Russian external debt per capita also continued to fall: on October 1, it amounted to $2,008, having decreased by approximately 3%, or $58, over July-September. The last time the indicator was lower was in 2005, when it amounted to $1,802.
Russia's foreign debt-to-GDP ratio has been steadily declining over the past few years: it reached 31% at the end of 2020, then in 2022 it was only 16.8%, and then 15.7% at the end of last year. At the end of the second quarter, it decreased further to 14.9%.
The highest foreign debt-to-GDP ratio in Russia's modern history was observed in 1999, when it reached 91%, and per capita in 2013 at $5,072.