About this Dataset

Global Debt Database (GDD)

The Global Debt Database (GDD) is the result of a multiyear investigative process that started with the October 2016 Fiscal Monitor. The dataset comprises total gross debt of the (private and public) nonfinancial sector for an unbalanced panel of 190 advanced economies, emerging market economies and low-income countries, dating back to 1950.

Keywords: debt; country level debt; time series; private debt; public debt; all instruments; loans and securities; household; nonfinancial corporate; public sector; nonfinancial public sector; general government; central government; ngdp; gdp; gross domestic product.

Last updated: 2025-09-17T11:45:00Z.

Tables

CodeList CL COUNTRY

@imf.gdd.codes_cl_country

5.78 kB
190 rows
2 columns

CREATE TABLE codes_cl_country (
  "code" VARCHAR,
  "description" VARCHAR
);

CodeList CL FREQ

@imf.gdd.codes_cl_freq

2.16 kB
1 row
2 columns

CREATE TABLE codes_cl_freq (
  "code" VARCHAR,
  "description" VARCHAR
);

Indicators

@imf.gdd.indicators

8.77 kB
11 rows
10 columns

CREATE TABLE indicators (
  "indicator" VARCHAR,
  "series_name" VARCHAR,
  "unit" VARCHAR,
  "transformation" VARCHAR,
  "http_www_w3_org_2001_xmlschema_instance_type" VARCHAR,
  "topic" VARCHAR,
  "instr_asset" VARCHAR,
  "keywords" VARCHAR,
  "prices" VARCHAR,
  "na_sto" VARCHAR
);

Observations

@imf.gdd.observations

295.21 kB
28,926 rows
5 columns

CREATE TABLE observations (
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "indicator" VARCHAR,
  "frequency" VARCHAR,
  "time_period" BIGINT,
  "value" DOUBLE
);