LIVE: US DEBT +$4.2M/minLIVE: CHINA DEBT +$2.1M/minLIVE: JAPAN DEBT +$1.1M/minLIVE: EU AGGREGATE +$3.8M/minLIVE: GLOBAL HOUSEHOLD +$0.9M/minLIVE: CORPORATE BONDS +$2.7M/minLIVE: US DEBT +$4.2M/minLIVE: CHINA DEBT +$2.1M/minLIVE: JAPAN DEBT +$1.1M/minLIVE: EU AGGREGATE +$3.8M/minLIVE: GLOBAL HOUSEHOLD +$0.9M/minLIVE: CORPORATE BONDS +$2.7M/min
DEBTEARTH

Historical view

Global debt timeline

From $22 trillion in 1990 to over $315 trillion today — global debt has grown more than fourteen-fold while GDP grew five-fold.

Debt growth timeline

The divergence between global debt and actual economic productivity since the 1990s.

1990
$22T
1995
$36T
2000
$62T
2005
$99T
2010
$152T
2015
$215T
2020
$281T
2025
$315T