Government budget and revenue in Mariy-el Rep., Russia: official figures

The government of Mari El owed 3.7 billion roubles on 1 October 2026, or 5,513 roubles per resident, 3rd lowest of 83 regions (Russian average 23,544 roubles).

Is the debt of Mari El rising?

Regional debt in Mari El fell by 21.1% in the first nine months of 2026, from 4.7 billion roubles on 1 January to 3.7 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 Mari El made of?

The debt of Mari El 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 Mari El have?

Municipalities in Mari El owed a further 263.55 million roubles on 1 October 2026, 0.07% of all municipal debt in Russia.

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

What is the debt burden of Mari El?

In 2025 the debt of Mari El equalled 12.9% of its own budget revenue (excluding federal grants), 11th lowest 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 Mari El have a budget deficit?

The Mari El budget ran a deficit equal to 4.5% of its revenue without federal grants in 2025, 35th smallest of 83 among regions (Budget Code limit 15%).

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

How much does Mari El spend on debt interest?

Interest on its debt took 0.09% of the Mari El budget's spending (excluding subventions) in 2025, against a legal ceiling of 15%.

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

Is Mari El a rich or poor region?

The Ministry of Finance rated the fiscal capacity of Mari El at 0.568 of the Russian average for 2026 before equalisation grants (tax potential index 0.512, cost of services index 0.901), 15th poorest of 83 regions.

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

How much money does Mari El get from the federal budget?

Mari El is due 12.8 billion roubles in federal equalisation grants for 2026, 19,235 roubles per resident, 15th highest of 59 recipients; the grant lifts its fiscal capacity to 0.743 of the average.

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

How much income tax is collected in Mari El?

Personal income tax assessed in Mari El reached 19.2 billion roubles in 2024, 26.9% more than in 2023 and 0.24% of the Russian total, or 28,814 roubles per resident (22nd lowest of 83 regions).

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

How Mariy-el Rep. compares with other first-level divisions

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

Mariy-el Rep. ranks 80 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Regional government debt per resident (roubles), 1 October 2026
76	Altayskiy Kray	6,816
77	Bryanskaya Oblast	6,650
78	Leningradskaya Oblast	6,364
79	Stavropolskiy Kray	6,090
80	Mariy-el Rep.	5,513
81	Kabardino-balkariya Rep.	5,084
82	Ingushetiya Rep.	3,626

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

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

Mariy-el Rep. ranks 66 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Change in regional government debt, 1 January to 1 October 2026
63	Kalmykiya Rep.	-15.8%
64	Voronezhskaya Oblast	-16.8%
65	Karelya Rep.	-18.8%
66	Mariy-el Rep.	-21.1%
67	Moskovskaya Oblast	-21.2%
68	Ivanovskaya Oblast	-21.3%
69	Pskovskaya Oblast	-22.8%

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

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

Mariy-el Rep. ranks 72 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Regional debt as % of own budget revenue (excluding federal grants)
69	Chuvashiya Rep.	14.2%
70	Lipetskaya Oblast	14.1%
71	Voronezhskaya Oblast	13.9%
72	Mariy-el Rep.	12.9%
73	Tverskaya Oblast	12.0%
74	Bryanskaya Oblast	11.7%
75	Altayskiy Kray	11.3%

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

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

Mariy-el Rep. ranks 48 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Budget deficit as % of revenue excluding federal grants
45	Pskovskaya Oblast	4.9%
46	Sankt-peterburg	4.8%
47	Kostromskaya Oblast	4.6%
48	Mariy-el Rep.	4.5%
49	Rostovskaya Oblast	4.4%
50	Moskva	4.2%
51	Voronezhskaya Oblast	4.0%

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

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

Mariy-el Rep. ranks 68 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Fiscal capacity before equalisation (Russian average = 1)
65	Altayskiy Kray	0.595
66	Kurganskaya Oblast	0.573
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

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

Federal equalisation grant per resident (roubles) (2026)

Mariy-el Rep. ranks 14 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Federal equalisation grant per resident (roubles)
11	Kabardino-balkariya Rep.	27,220
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

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

Personal income tax assessed (roubles) (2024)

Mariy-el Rep. ranks 69 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Personal income tax assessed (roubles)
66	Mordoviya Rep.	20.7 billion
67	Novgorodskaya Oblast	19.4 billion
68	Magadanskaya Oblast	19.3 billion
69	Mariy-el Rep.	19.2 billion
70	Pskovskaya Oblast	18.4 billion
71	Chechnya Rep.	18.3 billion
72	Khakasiya Rep.	16.0 billion

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

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

Mariy-el Rep. ranks 67 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Breaches of Budget Code requirements found by the Ministry of Finance
64	Amurskaya Oblast	0
65	Orlovskaya Oblast	0
66	Severnaya Osetiya-alaniya Rep.	0
67	Mariy-el Rep.	0
68	Pskovskaya Oblast	0
69	Kostromskaya Oblast	0
70	Karelya Rep.	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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