IMF Global Debt Database · updated 2026-10-03 · 88 economies tracked
120.79 (2024)
#n/a of 88 economies
2.4%
1.45×
1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 1950 - 2024. United States climbed from #6 to #84 (overtook Denmark). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for United States ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
US suspends dollar-gold convertibility, Bretton Woods system ends.
Dow falls 22.6% in a single day, triggering global market turbulence.
Lehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.
Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.
Government Total Liabilities (% of GDP), Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Economic Affairs Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Financial Assets (% of GDP)
No community estimates yet for Government Debt — be the first.