Provisional total public debt stood at US $10.3 billion at the end of June this year from US $9.2 billion, at the end of December 2009, according to Bank of Ghana.  The debt stock represented 56.5 % of GDP in June, compared with 61.7 % of GDP at the end of December 2009. Total external debt stood at US$5.2 billion (28.6 % of GDP) at the end of the first half of this year, compared with US$5 billion (33.6 % of GDP) at the end of December 2009.