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

The government of Kalmykia owed 5.2 billion roubles on 1 October 2026, or 19,388 roubles per resident, 40th lowest of 83 regions (Russian average 23,544 roubles).

Is the debt of Kalmykia rising?

Regional debt in Kalmykia fell by 15.8% in the first nine months of 2026, from 6.1 billion roubles on 1 January to 5.2 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 Kalmykia made of?

The debt of Kalmykia on 1 October 2026 was made up of budget loans from the federal budget 100%.

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

How much debt do municipalities in Kalmykia have?

Municipalities in Kalmykia owed a further 447.83 million roubles on 1 October 2026, 0.1% of all municipal debt in Russia.

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

What is the debt burden of Kalmykia?

In 2025 the debt of Kalmykia equalled 38.0% of its own budget revenue (excluding federal grants), 28th 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 Kalmykia have a budget deficit?

The Kalmykia budget ran a deficit equal to 3.4% of its revenue without federal grants in 2025, 27th smallest of 83 among regions (Budget Code limit 15%).

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

How much does Kalmykia spend on debt interest?

Interest on its debt took 0.28% of the Kalmykia budget's spending (excluding subventions) in 2025, against a legal ceiling of 15%.

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

Is Kalmykia a rich or poor region?

The Ministry of Finance rated the fiscal capacity of Kalmykia at 0.553 of the Russian average for 2026 before equalisation grants (tax potential index 0.471, cost of services index 0.852), 13th poorest of 83 regions.

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

How much money does Kalmykia get from the federal budget?

Kalmykia is due 4.9 billion roubles in federal equalisation grants for 2026, 18,405 roubles per resident, 16th highest of 59 recipients; the grant lifts its fiscal capacity to 0.729 of the average.

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

How much income tax is collected in Kalmykia?

Personal income tax assessed in Kalmykia reached 5.3 billion roubles in 2024, 37.4% more than in 2023 and 0.07% of the Russian total, or 19,718 roubles per resident (8th lowest of 83 regions).

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

How Kalmykiya Rep. compares with other first-level divisions

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

Kalmykiya Rep. ranks 43 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Regional government debt per resident (roubles), 1 October 2026
40	Samarskaya Oblast	19,761
41	Ryazanskaya Oblast	19,559
42	Kaliningradskaya Oblast	19,460
43	Kalmykiya Rep.	19,388
44	Kaluzhskaya Oblast	19,183
45	Saratovskaya Oblast	18,789
46	Tatarstan Rep.	18,573

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

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

Kalmykiya Rep. ranks 63 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Change in regional government debt, 1 January to 1 October 2026
60	Smolenskaya Oblast	-13.4%
61	Ryazanskaya Oblast	-15.3%
62	Ingushetiya Rep.	-15.6%
63	Kalmykiya Rep.	-15.8%
64	Voronezhskaya Oblast	-16.8%
65	Karelya Rep.	-18.8%
66	Mariy-el Rep.	-21.1%

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

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

Kalmykiya Rep. ranks 27 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Regional debt as % of own budget revenue (excluding federal grants)
24	Komi Rep.	44.3%
25	Chelyabinskaya Oblast	42.3%
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%

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

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

Kalmykiya Rep. ranks 56 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Budget deficit as % of revenue excluding federal grants
53	Karatchayevo-cherkesiya Rep.	3.7%
54	Omskaya Oblast	3.5%
55	Ulyanovskaya Oblast	3.5%
56	Kalmykiya Rep.	3.4%
57	Orlovskaya Oblast	3.2%
58	Khakasiya Rep.	2.8%
59	Bashkortostan Rep.	2.4%

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

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

Kalmykiya Rep. ranks 70 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Fiscal capacity before equalisation (Russian average = 1)
67	Chukotskiy Okrug	0.571
68	Mariy-el Rep.	0.568
69	Sakha Rep.	0.554
70	Kalmykiya Rep.	0.553
71	Adygeya Rep.	0.545
72	Stavropolskiy Kray	0.531
73	Severnaya Osetiya-alaniya Rep.	0.490

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

Federal equalisation grant per resident (roubles) (2026)

Kalmykiya Rep. ranks 15 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Federal equalisation grant per resident (roubles)
12	Kurganskaya Oblast	25,374
13	Severnaya Osetiya-alaniya Rep.	21,341
14	Mariy-el Rep.	19,235
15	Kalmykiya Rep.	18,405
16	Magadanskaya Oblast	16,259
17	Chuvashiya Rep.	15,992
18	Adygeya Rep.	15,666

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

Personal income tax assessed (roubles) (2024)

Kalmykiya Rep. ranks 81 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Personal income tax assessed (roubles)
76	Kabardino-balkariya Rep.	9.7 billion
77	Tyva Rep.	8.6 billion
78	Altay Rep.	6.4 billion
79	Nenetskiy Okrug	6.4 billion
80	Karatchayevo-cherkesiya Rep.	6.3 billion
81	Kalmykiya Rep.	5.3 billion
82	Ingushetiya Rep.	4.1 billion

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

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

Kalmykiya Rep. ranks 78 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Breaches of Budget Code requirements found by the Ministry of Finance
75	Adygeya Rep.	0
76	Ingushetiya Rep.	0
77	Kamchatskaya Oblast	0
78	Kalmykiya Rep.	0
79	Altayskiy Kray	0
80	Magadanskaya Oblast	0
81	Chukotskiy Okrug	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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