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

The government of Smolensk Oblast owed 15.4 billion roubles on 1 October 2026, or 17,899 roubles per resident, 36th lowest of 83 regions (Russian average 23,544 roubles).

Is the debt of Smolensk Oblast rising?

Regional debt in Smolensk Oblast fell by 13.4% in the first nine months of 2026, from 17.8 billion roubles on 1 January to 15.4 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 Smolensk Oblast made of?

The debt of Smolensk Oblast on 1 October 2026 was made up of budget loans from the federal budget 90%, guarantees 10%.

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

How much debt do municipalities in Smolensk Oblast have?

Municipalities in Smolensk Oblast owed a further 325.81 million roubles on 1 October 2026, 0.09% of all municipal debt in Russia.

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

What is the debt burden of Smolensk Oblast?

In 2025 the debt of Smolensk Oblast equalled 22.4% of its own budget revenue (excluding federal grants), 36th 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 Smolensk Oblast have a budget deficit?

The Smolensk Oblast budget had no deficit in 2025 by the Ministry of Finance's Budget Code measure, which compares the deficit with revenue excluding federal grants.

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

How much does Smolensk Oblast spend on debt interest?

Interest on its debt took 0.07% of the Smolensk 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 Smolensk Oblast a rich or poor region?

The Ministry of Finance rated the fiscal capacity of Smolensk Oblast at 0.868 of the Russian average for 2026 before equalisation grants (tax potential index 0.770, cost of services index 0.888), 33rd richest of 83 regions.

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

How much money does Smolensk Oblast get from the federal budget?

Smolensk Oblast is due 3.0 billion roubles in federal equalisation grants for 2026, 3,505 roubles per resident, 11th lowest of 59 recipients; the grant lifts its fiscal capacity to 0.900 of the average.

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

How much income tax is collected in Smolensk Oblast?

Personal income tax assessed in Smolensk Oblast reached 32.3 billion roubles in 2024, 23.2% more than in 2023 and 0.40% of the Russian total, or 37,580 roubles per resident (42nd highest of 83 regions).

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

How Smolenskaya Oblast compares with other first-level divisions

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

Smolenskaya Oblast ranks 47 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Regional government debt per resident (roubles), 1 October 2026
44	Kaluzhskaya Oblast	19,183
45	Saratovskaya Oblast	18,789
46	Tatarstan Rep.	18,573
47	Smolenskaya Oblast	17,899
48	Sverdlovskaya Oblast	17,121
49	Severnaya Osetiya-alaniya Rep.	16,785
50	Krasnodarskiy Kray	15,835

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

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

Smolenskaya Oblast ranks 60 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Change in regional government debt, 1 January to 1 October 2026
57	Magadanskaya Oblast	-12.2%
58	Permskaya Oblast	-13.0%
59	Krasnodarskiy Kray	-13.1%
60	Smolenskaya Oblast	-13.4%
61	Ryazanskaya Oblast	-15.3%
62	Ingushetiya Rep.	-15.6%
63	Kalmykiya Rep.	-15.8%

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

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

Smolenskaya Oblast ranks 47 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Regional debt as % of own budget revenue (excluding federal grants)
44	Krasnodarskiy Kray	24.5%
45	Penzenskaya Oblast	23.2%
46	Tambovskaya Oblast	22.5%
47	Smolenskaya Oblast	22.4%
48	Tyumenskaya Oblast	21.9%
49	Kabardino-balkariya Rep.	21.5%
50	Kurganskaya Oblast	21.4%

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

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

Smolenskaya Oblast ranks 78 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Budget deficit as % of revenue excluding federal grants
75	Lipetskaya Oblast	0.0%
76	Tambovskaya Oblast	0.0%
77	Ivanovskaya Oblast	0.0%
78	Smolenskaya Oblast	0.0%
79	Kaliningradskaya Oblast	0.0%
80	Mordoviya Rep.	0.0%
81	Amurskaya Oblast	0.0%

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

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

Smolenskaya Oblast ranks 33 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Fiscal capacity before equalisation (Russian average = 1)
30	Ulyanovskaya Oblast	0.881
31	Khabarovskiy Kray	0.880
32	Voronezhskaya Oblast	0.870
33	Smolenskaya Oblast	0.868
34	Permskaya Oblast	0.862
35	Kemerovskaya Oblast	0.831
36	Krasnodarskiy Kray	0.822

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

Federal equalisation grant per resident (roubles) (2026)

Smolenskaya Oblast ranks 48 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Federal equalisation grant per resident (roubles)
45	Rostovskaya Oblast	4,569
46	Tverskaya Oblast	3,901
47	Kurskaya Oblast	3,740
48	Smolenskaya Oblast	3,505
49	Khabarovskiy Kray	3,374
50	Ulyanovskaya Oblast	3,318
51	Novgorodskaya Oblast	2,818

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

Personal income tax assessed (roubles) (2024)

Smolenskaya Oblast ranks 55 of 82, highest first.

Rank	Region	Personal income tax assessed (roubles)
52	Penzenskaya Oblast	33.2 billion
53	Kamchatskaya Oblast	32.7 billion
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

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

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

Smolenskaya Oblast ranks 57 of 82, highest first.

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