IMF Global Debt Database · updated 2026-10-03 · 88 economies tracked
236.66 (2024)
##88 of 88 economies
4.6%
17.53×
1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 1950 - 2024. Japan climbed from #3 to #88 (overtook United States). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for Japan ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
First oil shock ends rapid postwar growth; inflation surges.
Yen revaluation agreed; asset bubble inflates through the late 1980s.
Equity and land prices collapse, opening the lost decades.
Triple disaster disrupts supply chains and energy supply.
Government Total Liabilities (% of GDP), Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Economic Affairs Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Financial Assets (% of GDP)
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