TUNIS, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Tunisia's debt rate has reached 66.9 percent of GDP by the end of July this year, a six percent increase compared with the rate of 60.9 percent in June last year, Tunisian Ministry of Finance said on Monday.
According to the latest figures, Tunisia's external debt represents more than two thirds of the total public debt of the country.
The external debt reached 43.8 billion dinars (18 billion U.S. dollars) in July this year, representing an increase from the 34.4 billion dinars (14.1 billion U.S. dollars) the year before.
Forty-seven percent of the external debt is multilateral debt, while 15 percent is in the form of bilateral debt, leaving 38 percent in the global financial market.
Tunisian public debt until July has doubled since last year to reach a total of 71 billion dinars (29 billion U.S. dollars).
