Investments of Ukrainians in domestic government bonds increase by third over one year
Pravda Ukraine
The volume of investments by legal entities and individuals for the year (1 March 2024 to 1 March 2025) increased by 33% to UAH 267 billion (approximately US$6.5 billion).
Source: press service of the Ministry of Finance.
Details: The share of legal entities and individuals in the total volume of domestic government bonds increased compared to last year and amounted to 10.1% and 4.4%, respectively, as of the beginning of March 2025 (in March 2024 – 8.9% and 3.6%, respectively).
The largest share is held by commercial banks (46.6%) and the National Banks of Ukraine (36.8%).
In February 2025, Ukraine’s Finance Ministry raised UAH 26.4 billion (US$640 million) from the issue of government bonds.
In February, the weighted average yield on hryvnia-denominated domestic government bonds was 16.01%, while the yield on US dollar-denominated bonds was 4.54%.
In total, Ukraine’s Finance Ministry raised almost UAH 1.5 trillion (US$36 billion) in equivalent from the placement of domestic government bonds at auctions during the martial law.
Background: On 19 February, Ukraine’s Finance Ministry together with the National Bank of Ukraine held the first switch auction of government bonds on the domestic market using a new feature of the Bloomberg auction platform.
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