Ukraine’s gross external debt declined by 0.3 percent year-on-year to $125.3 billion in the first half of 2021, the central bank said.

It said that the debt’s share in gross domestic product declined to 75.9 percent from 81.2 percent at the beginning of this year.

The volume of short-term external debt with a residual maturity fell by 2.5 percent to $47.3 billion in January-June.