IMF Global Debt Database · updated 2026-10-03 · 44 economies tracked
71.4 (2024)
#n/a of 44 economies
1.4×
2.8×
1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 1950 - 2024. United States climbed from #1 to #24 (overtook Luxembourg). 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.
Trade Tax Revenue (% of GDP), Corporate Income Tax Revenue (% of GDP), Individual Income Tax Revenue (% of GDP), VAT Revenue (% of GDP)
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