The debt to GDP (gross domestic product) ratio edged up by another 0.5 percentage points to 47.8% at the end of January.

The debt, in absolute terms and as a ratio to GDP, increased in January at half the average pace in 2020, when the debt to GDP soared by 12 p.p. to 47.3% as the government added nearly RON 125 billion on the top of the public debt.