A slight decrease in Iraq’s domestic public debt

The Central Bank of Iraq announced today, Thursday, a slight decrease in domestic public debt by the end of April 2025.

The bank said in official statistics seen by Shafaq News Agency that “Iraq’s domestic public debt decreased at the end of April of this year to reach 85 trillion and 503 billion Iraqi dinars, down from 85 trillion and 536 billion dinars in March.”

The bank added that “the decline was a result of repayments of loans to financial institutions, which reached $19 trillion and 119 billion, down from $19 trillion and 152 billion.”

He pointed out that “the remaining debts are owed by the Ministry of Finance, amounting to 756 billion dinars, and treasury transfer debts at the Central Bank and commercial banks, amounting to 51 trillion and 30 billion dinars, in addition to treasury transfers on the account of the Ministry of Finance amounting to 2 trillion and 30 billion dinars, and national term debts due to farmers amounting to 12 trillion and 568 billion dollars.”

Shafaq.com