Shafaq News– Baghdad

Iraq’s internal public debt fell slightly in October 2025 from the previous month but remained higher than a year earlier, according to data released by the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI).

CBI data showed that internal public debt stood at 88.515 trillion Iraqi dinars ($61B) at the end of October, down 0.32% from 90.615 trillion dinars ($62.5B) in September, driven by a reduction in government borrowing from state owned banks, with such loans falling to 5.600 trillion dinars ($3.9B) from 7.010 trillion dinars ($4.8B).

Other components of domestic debt remained unchanged, including amounts owed to the Ministry of Finance at 556 billion dinars (around $400M), discounted treasury transfers held by the central bank at 50.486 trillion dinars ($34.8B), treasury bills at the Ministry of Finance at 1.5 trillion dinars ($1B), loans from financial institutions at 14.366 trillion dinars ($9.9B), and government bonds totaling 14.137 trillion dinars ($9.7B).

Despite the monthly decline, internal public debt remained 6.58% higher than at the end of 2024, when it stood at 83.05 trillion dinars ($57.3B), and 25% higher than in 2023, when it totaled 70.558 trillion dinars ($48.7B).