Data sources
Where our numbers come from
DebtEarth aggregates publicly available debt data from the following primary sources.
International Monetary Fund
Updated quarterlyGlobal debt database, sovereign and aggregate measures.
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/datasets ↗World Bank
Updated annuallyCountry-level debt, GDP, population indicators.
https://data.worldbank.org/ ↗Bank for International Settlements
Updated quarterlyCredit to non-financial sector, household and corporate debt.
https://www.bis.org/statistics/ ↗OECD
Updated quarterlyGovernment debt, tax revenue, and macro indicators.
https://data.oecd.org/ ↗National Statistics Agencies
Varies by countryTreasury and central bank releases for primary data.
Live counters are interpolated estimates based on the most recent annual growth rates from these sources. They are illustrative and not real-time financial market data.