Government budget and revenue in Irkutskaya Oblast, Russia: official figures

The government of Irkutsk Oblast owed 104.0 billion roubles on 1 October 2026, or 44,716 roubles per resident, 18th highest of 83 regions (Russian average 23,544 roubles).

Is the debt of Irkutsk Oblast rising?

Regional debt in Irkutsk Oblast rose by 26.6% in the first nine months of 2026, from 82.1 billion roubles on 1 January to 104.0 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 Irkutsk Oblast made of?

The debt of Irkutsk Oblast on 1 October 2026 was made up of bank loans 66%, budget loans from the federal budget 34%.

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

How much debt do municipalities in Irkutsk Oblast have?

Municipalities in Irkutsk Oblast owed a further 4.4 billion roubles on 1 October 2026, 1.2% of all municipal debt in Russia.

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

What is the debt burden of Irkutsk Oblast?

In 2025 the debt of Irkutsk Oblast equalled 35.6% of its own budget revenue (excluding federal grants), 30th 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 Irkutsk Oblast have a budget deficit?

The Irkutsk Oblast budget ran a deficit equal to 13.8% of its revenue without federal grants in 2025, 4th largest of 83 among regions (Budget Code limit 15%).

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

How much does Irkutsk Oblast spend on debt interest?

Interest on its debt took 1.30% of the Irkutsk Oblast budget's spending (excluding subventions) in 2025, against a legal ceiling of 15%.

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

Is Irkutsk Oblast a rich or poor region?

The Ministry of Finance rated the fiscal capacity of Irkutsk Oblast at 0.954 of the Russian average for 2026 before equalisation grants (tax potential index 1.063, cost of services index 1.115), 25th richest of 83 regions.

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

Does Irkutsk Oblast get federal subsidies?

Irkutsk Oblast receives no federal equalisation grant for 2026 because its fiscal capacity is above the threshold; 59 of Russia's 83 regions share 939.8 billion roubles in these grants.

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

How much income tax is collected in Irkutsk Oblast?

Personal income tax assessed in Irkutsk Oblast reached 125.7 billion roubles in 2024, 26.7% more than in 2023 and 1.56% of the Russian total, or 54,026 roubles per resident (19th highest of 83 regions).

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

How Irkutskaya Oblast compares with other first-level divisions

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

Irkutskaya Oblast ranks 17 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Regional government debt per resident (roubles), 1 October 2026
14	Kemerovskaya Oblast	49,109
15	Khanty-mansyiskiy Okrug	46,048
16	Karelya Rep.	45,211
17	Irkutskaya Oblast	44,716
18	Amurskaya Oblast	42,150
19	Novosibirskaya Oblast	41,811
20	Kostromskaya Oblast	40,089

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

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

Irkutskaya Oblast ranks 9 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Change in regional government debt, 1 January to 1 October 2026
6	Stavropolskiy Kray	+38.5%
7	Khanty-mansyiskiy Okrug	+38.1%
8	Chechnya Rep.	+32.0%
9	Irkutskaya Oblast	+26.6%
10	Komi Rep.	+25.2%
11	Kamchatskaya Oblast	+23.4%
12	Primorskiy Kray	+22.0%

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

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

Irkutskaya Oblast ranks 29 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Regional debt as % of own budget revenue (excluding federal grants)
26	Kirovskaya Oblast	41.2%
27	Kalmykiya Rep.	38.0%
28	Saratovskaya Oblast	35.6%
29	Irkutskaya Oblast	35.6%
30	Belgorodskaya Oblast	32.6%
31	Kamchatskaya Oblast	31.7%
32	Kaluzhskaya Oblast	30.6%

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

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

Irkutskaya Oblast ranks 4 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Budget deficit as % of revenue excluding federal grants
1	Arkhangelskaya Oblast	29.1%
2	Murmanskaya Oblast	19.7%
3	Komi Rep.	17.7%
4	Irkutskaya Oblast	13.8%
5	Altayskiy Kray	13.7%
6	Khanty-mansyiskiy Okrug	13.5%
7	Novosibirskaya Oblast	13.4%

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

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

Irkutskaya Oblast ranks 25 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Fiscal capacity before equalisation (Russian average = 1)
22	Novosibirskaya Oblast	0.964
23	Vologodskaya Oblast	0.959
24	Chelyabinskaya Oblast	0.954
25	Irkutskaya Oblast	0.954
26	Yaroslavskaya Oblast	0.948
27	Kaliningradskaya Oblast	0.912
28	Primorskiy Kray	0.899

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

Federal equalisation grant per resident (roubles) (2026)

Irkutskaya Oblast ranks 69 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Federal equalisation grant per resident (roubles)
66	Samarskaya Oblast	0
67	Krasnoyarskiy Kray	0
68	Novosibirskaya Oblast	0
69	Irkutskaya Oblast	0
70	Leningradskaya Oblast	0
71	Tulskaya Oblast	0
72	Belgorodskaya Oblast	0

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

Personal income tax assessed (roubles) (2024)

Irkutskaya Oblast ranks 14 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Personal income tax assessed (roubles)
11	Rostovskaya Oblast	139.2 billion
12	Novosibirskaya Oblast	134.1 billion
13	Samarskaya Oblast	130.5 billion
14	Irkutskaya Oblast	125.7 billion
15	Bashkortostan Rep.	113.4 billion
16	Kemerovskaya Oblast	109.0 billion
17	Yamalo-nenetskiy Okrug	107.8 billion

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

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

Irkutskaya Oblast ranks 26 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Breaches of Budget Code requirements found by the Ministry of Finance
23	Permskaya Oblast	0
24	Volgogradskaya Oblast	0
25	Saratovskaya Oblast	0
26	Irkutskaya Oblast	0
27	Altay Rep.	0
28	Voronezhskaya Oblast	0
29	Orenburgskaya Oblast	0

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

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Sources

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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