Government budget and revenue in Buryatiya Rep., Russia: official figures

The government of Buryatia owed 34.3 billion roubles on 1 October 2026, or 35,363 roubles per resident, 23rd highest of 83 regions (Russian average 23,544 roubles).

Is the debt of Buryatia rising?

Regional debt in Buryatia fell by 11.0% in the first nine months of 2026, from 38.6 billion roubles on 1 January to 34.3 billion roubles on 1 October; total regional debt in Russia changed by -1.7%.

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

What is the debt of Buryatia made of?

The debt of Buryatia on 1 October 2026 was made up of budget loans from the federal budget 64%, bank loans 36%.

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

How much debt do municipalities in Buryatia have?

Municipalities in Buryatia owed a further 5.9 billion roubles on 1 October 2026, 1.6% of all municipal debt in Russia.

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

What is the debt burden of Buryatia?

In 2025 the debt of Buryatia equalled 68.2% of its own budget revenue (excluding federal grants), 7th highest debt burden of 83 by the Ministry of Finance's Budget Code measure, whose ceiling is 100%.

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

Does Buryatia have a budget deficit?

The Buryatia budget ran a deficit equal to 11.6% of its revenue without federal grants in 2025, 12th largest of 83 among regions (Budget Code limit 15%).

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

How much does Buryatia spend on debt interest?

Interest on its debt took 0.75% of the Buryatia budget's spending (excluding subventions) in 2025, against a legal ceiling of 15%.

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

Is Buryatia a rich or poor region?

The Ministry of Finance rated the fiscal capacity of Buryatia at 0.451 of the Russian average for 2026 before equalisation grants (tax potential index 0.573, cost of services index 1.272), 9th poorest of 83 regions.

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

How much money does Buryatia get from the federal budget?

Buryatia is due 34.4 billion roubles in federal equalisation grants for 2026, 35,402 roubles per resident, 10th highest of 59 recipients; the grant lifts its fiscal capacity to 0.678 of the average.

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

How much income tax is collected in Buryatia?

Personal income tax assessed in Buryatia reached 28.7 billion roubles in 2024, 15.4% more than in 2023 and 0.36% of the Russian total, or 29,529 roubles per resident (23rd lowest of 83 regions).

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

How Buryatiya Rep. compares with other first-level divisions

Regional government debt per resident (roubles), 1 October 2026 (2026-10)

Buryatiya Rep. ranks 22 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Regional government debt per resident (roubles), 1 October 2026
19	Novosibirskaya Oblast	41,811
20	Kostromskaya Oblast	40,089
21	Ulyanovskaya Oblast	39,915
22	Buryatiya Rep.	35,363
23	Tyumenskaya Oblast	33,356
24	Mordoviya Rep.	32,659
25	Chelyabinskaya Oblast	31,345

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

Change in regional government debt, 1 January to 1 October 2026 (2026)

Buryatiya Rep. ranks 53 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Change in regional government debt, 1 January to 1 October 2026
50	Bashkortostan Rep.	-8.5%
51	Samarskaya Oblast	-9.5%
52	Chuvashiya Rep.	-9.7%
53	Buryatiya Rep.	-11.0%
54	Kabardino-balkariya Rep.	-11.6%
55	Kirovskaya Oblast	-11.9%
56	Orlovskaya Oblast	-11.9%

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

Regional debt as % of own budget revenue (excluding federal grants) (2025)

Buryatiya Rep. ranks 7 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Regional debt as % of own budget revenue (excluding federal grants)
4	Nizhegorodskaya Oblast	77.1%
5	Khakasiya Rep.	76.5%
6	Kemerovskaya Oblast	74.8%
7	Buryatiya Rep.	68.2%
8	Karelya Rep.	61.1%
9	Yaroslavskaya Oblast	59.5%
10	Omskaya Oblast	57.1%

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

Budget deficit as % of revenue excluding federal grants (2025)

Buryatiya Rep. ranks 12 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Budget deficit as % of revenue excluding federal grants
9	Tomskaya Oblast	13.0%
10	Kurskaya Oblast	12.6%
11	Nizhegorodskaya Oblast	12.0%
12	Buryatiya Rep.	11.6%
13	Kemerovskaya Oblast	11.6%
14	Tulskaya Oblast	11.5%
15	Saratovskaya Oblast	11.4%

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

Fiscal capacity before equalisation (Russian average = 1) (2026)

Buryatiya Rep. ranks 74 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Fiscal capacity before equalisation (Russian average = 1)
71	Adygeya Rep.	0.545
72	Stavropolskiy Kray	0.531
73	Severnaya Osetiya-alaniya Rep.	0.490
74	Buryatiya Rep.	0.451
75	Altay Rep.	0.357
76	Karatchayevo-cherkesiya Rep.	0.337
77	Kabardino-balkariya Rep.	0.325

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

Federal equalisation grant per resident (roubles) (2026)

Buryatiya Rep. ranks 10 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Federal equalisation grant per resident (roubles)
7	Chechnya Rep.	37,671
8	Ingushetiya Rep.	37,096
9	Dagestan Rep.	36,210
10	Buryatiya Rep.	35,402
11	Kabardino-balkariya Rep.	27,220
12	Kurganskaya Oblast	25,374
13	Severnaya Osetiya-alaniya Rep.	21,341

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

Personal income tax assessed (roubles) (2024)

Buryatiya Rep. ranks 57 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Personal income tax assessed (roubles)
54	Chuvashiya Rep.	32.4 billion
55	Smolenskaya Oblast	32.3 billion
56	Bryanskaya Oblast	32.3 billion
57	Buryatiya Rep.	28.7 billion
58	Dagestan Rep.	26.4 billion
59	Karelya Rep.	25.4 billion
60	Tambovskaya Oblast	24.9 billion

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

Breaches of Budget Code requirements found by the Ministry of Finance (2025)

Buryatiya Rep. ranks 58 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Breaches of Budget Code requirements found by the Ministry of Finance
55	Astrakhanskaya Oblast	0
56	Kaluzhskaya Oblast	0
57	Smolenskaya Oblast	0
58	Buryatiya Rep.	0
59	Sakha Rep.	0
60	Kaliningradskaya Oblast	0
61	Kurganskaya Oblast	0

Source: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation · saved copy

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Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation: Volume and structure of the state debt of the subjects of the Russian Federation and municipal debt on 1 October 2026, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 dc62520847dd…)
Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation: Distribution of grants for equalising the fiscal capacity of the subjects of the Russian Federation for 2026-2028, with tax potential calculations, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 1ed312d5ecd5…)
Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation: Analysis of compliance by the subjects of the Russian Federation with the Budget Code in 2025 (preliminary data), Order No. 552 monitoring, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 1dbcc92813ac…)

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