As of November 2015, the non-financial public sector debt (known in Spanish as SPNF) was at US$23.8 billion, or 36.2% of the GDP according to the Public Debt Agency (Direccion General de Credito Publico). This total does not include the Central Bank or the electricity sector debt, which if added would reach 50% of the GDP, according to the International Monetary Fund. Of the total of the SPNF, US$15.68 billion is foreign debt, from recent placements that have been made, mainly of sovereign bonds. In 2011, before the start of the Medina administration, sovereign bond placements were at US$2.47 billion, or 21% of the total debt. Nevertheless, as of November 2015, the debt in sovereign bonds has climbed to US$8.63 billion, or around 55% of the total of foreign debt abroad. In 2013, the sovereign bond placement increased to 26% from 19% in 2012. However, by 2014, placements had increased significantly, with the debt rising to 33% and then to 55% in 2015. The trend will continue, as the National Budget includes global bond placements for US$1.25 billion in 2016.
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