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

The government of Sakha (Yakutia) owed 71.2 billion roubles on 1 October 2026, or 70,909 roubles per resident, 8th highest of 83 regions (Russian average 23,544 roubles).

Is the debt of Sakha (Yakutia) rising?

Regional debt in Sakha (Yakutia) rose by 20.7% in the first nine months of 2026, from 59.0 billion roubles on 1 January to 71.2 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 Sakha (Yakutia) made of?

The debt of Sakha (Yakutia) on 1 October 2026 was made up of budget loans from the federal budget 45%, bonds 38%, guarantees 17%.

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

How much debt do municipalities in Sakha (Yakutia) have?

Municipalities in Sakha (Yakutia) owed a further 5.1 billion roubles on 1 October 2026, 1.4% of all municipal debt in Russia.

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

What is the debt burden of Sakha (Yakutia)?

In 2025 the debt of Sakha (Yakutia) equalled 28.1% of its own budget revenue (excluding federal grants), 40th 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 Sakha (Yakutia) have a budget deficit?

The Sakha (Yakutia) budget ran a deficit equal to 5.8% of its revenue without federal grants in 2025, 40th largest of 83 among regions (Budget Code limit 15%).

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

How much does Sakha (Yakutia) spend on debt interest?

Interest on its debt took 1.07% of the Sakha (Yakutia) budget's spending (excluding subventions) in 2025, against a legal ceiling of 15%.

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

Is Sakha (Yakutia) a rich or poor region?

The Ministry of Finance rated the fiscal capacity of Sakha (Yakutia) at 0.554 of the Russian average for 2026 before equalisation grants (tax potential index 2.246, cost of services index 4.057), 14th poorest of 83 regions.

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

How much money does Sakha (Yakutia) get from the federal budget?

Sakha (Yakutia) is due 73.2 billion roubles in federal equalisation grants for 2026, 72,956 roubles per resident, 4th highest of 59 recipients; the grant lifts its fiscal capacity to 0.701 of the average.

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

How much income tax is collected in Sakha (Yakutia)?

Personal income tax assessed in Sakha (Yakutia) reached 80.0 billion roubles in 2024, 20.9% more than in 2023 and 0.99% of the Russian total, or 79,690 roubles per resident (11th highest of 83 regions).

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

How Sakha Rep. compares with other first-level divisions

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

Sakha Rep. ranks 8 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Regional government debt per resident (roubles), 1 October 2026
5	Yamalo-nenetskiy Okrug	100,711
6	Kamchatskaya Oblast	77,558
7	Nizhegorodskaya Oblast	72,787
8	Sakha Rep.	70,909
9	Komi Rep.	68,782
10	Sakhalinskaya Oblast	63,459
11	Tomskaya Oblast	57,095

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

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

Sakha Rep. ranks 13 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Change in regional government debt, 1 January to 1 October 2026
10	Komi Rep.	+25.2%
11	Kamchatskaya Oblast	+23.4%
12	Primorskiy Kray	+22.0%
13	Sakha Rep.	+20.7%
14	Kaliningradskaya Oblast	+11.1%
15	Leningradskaya Oblast	+10.9%
16	Yamalo-nenetskiy Okrug	+10.8%

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

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

Sakha Rep. ranks 39 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Regional debt as % of own budget revenue (excluding federal grants)
36	Tulskaya Oblast	28.8%
37	Ryazanskaya Oblast	28.7%
38	Ingushetiya Rep.	28.3%
39	Sakha Rep.	28.1%
40	Khabarovskiy Kray	27.8%
41	Orenburgskaya Oblast	27.5%
42	Zabaykalsky Kray	26.5%

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

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

Sakha Rep. ranks 40 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Budget deficit as % of revenue excluding federal grants
37	Samarskaya Oblast	6.3%
38	Kaluzhskaya Oblast	5.9%
39	Vladimirskaya Oblast	5.9%
40	Sakha Rep.	5.8%
41	Permskaya Oblast	5.6%
42	Primorskiy Kray	5.6%
43	Bryanskaya Oblast	5.2%

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

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

Sakha Rep. ranks 69 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Fiscal capacity before equalisation (Russian average = 1)
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
72	Stavropolskiy Kray	0.531

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

Federal equalisation grant per resident (roubles) (2026)

Sakha Rep. ranks 4 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Federal equalisation grant per resident (roubles)
1	Chukotskiy Okrug	333,064
2	Kamchatskaya Oblast	209,482
3	Tyva Rep.	79,253
4	Sakha Rep.	72,956
5	Altay Rep.	66,706
6	Karatchayevo-cherkesiya Rep.	37,807
7	Chechnya Rep.	37,671

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

Personal income tax assessed (roubles) (2024)

Sakha Rep. ranks 22 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Personal income tax assessed (roubles)
19	Permskaya Oblast	102.8 billion
20	Leningradskaya Oblast	99.0 billion
21	Voronezhskaya Oblast	81.1 billion
22	Sakha Rep.	80.0 billion
23	Khabarovskiy Kray	76.1 billion
24	Tyumenskaya Oblast	73.2 billion
25	Saratovskaya Oblast	66.0 billion

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

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

Sakha Rep. ranks 59 of 82, highest first.

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