Graph and download economic data for Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities and Loans; Liability, Level (BCNSDODNS) from Q4 1945 to Q2 2025 about nonfinancial, sector, nonfarm, debt, domestic, corporate, business, and USA.

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This is a dataset hosted by the World Bank. The organization has an open data platform found here and they update their information according the amount of data that is brought in. Explore the World Bank using Kaggle and all of the data sources available through the World Bank organization page!

• Update Frequency: This dataset is updated daily.

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Graph and download economic data for Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt as a Percentage of the Market Value of Corporate Equities, Level (BOGZ1FL104104016A) from 1945 to 2024 about market value, equity, nonfinancial, debt, percent, business, and USA.

Between 2000 and 2024, the total outstanding of both public and private debt in the United States across all sectors increased significantly, growing from 28.64 trillion U.S. dollars to 102.21 trillion U.S. dollars. These figures include all outstanding loans and debt securities from companies, households, and governments.

Key information about United States Total Debt: % of GDP

• United States Total Debt accounted for 718.9 % of the country's GDP in 2025, compared with the ratio of 718.5 % in the previous quarter.
• US Total Debt: % of GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Dec 1951 to Jun 2025.
• The data reached an all-time high of 834.1 % in Mar 2021 and a record low of 309.4 % in Jun 1953.

CEIC calculates quarterly Total Debt as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Total Debt and quarterly Nominal GDP. Total Debt is calculated as sum of Liabilities for NonFinancial Business, Federal Government, State and Local Government, Households & Nonprofit Organizations and Financial Business less Mutual Fund Shares. Federal Reserve Board provides Total Debt in local currency. Bureau of Economic Analysis provides Nominal GDP in local currency.

Outstanding corporate debt securities in the United States have been trending upwards since the first quarter of 2018, with this growth accelerating with the onset of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. From a total of almost ** trillion U.S. dollars in the first quarter 2018, by the last quarter of 2024 this value had climbed to approximately **** trillion U.S. dollars.

United States - Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities; Liability, Level was 8653843.00000 Mil. of $ in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities; Liability, Level reached a record high of 8659669.00000 in January of 2025 and a record low of 24000.00000 in October of 1945. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities; Liability, Level - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on December of 2025.

In 2024, Japan had the highest level of total non-financial debt among advanced economies, reaching 394 percent of the country's GDP. Total non-financial debt includes government debt, as well as private and business debt. Debt of the financial sector is not included in the figures.

As of July 1, 2024, outstanding corporate debt in the United States was mostly composed of **************** securities, rather than ***************** ones. Of the **** trillion U.S. dollars of outstanding U.S. corporate debt that has been rated, just under *** trillions was rated as speculative grade. Approximately ** percent of the total rated debt was issued by non-financial corporations.

Quarterly total debt to equity and credit market debt to equity for private non-financial corporations.

United States - Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities and Loans; Liability, Level was 14013.95500 Bil. of $ in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities and Loans; Liability, Level reached a record high of 14013.95500 in April of 2025 and a record low of 44.65300 in October of 1945. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Nonfinancial Corporate Business; Debt Securities and Loans; Liability, Level - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on December of 2025.

The outstanding value of debt securities issued by financial corporations in the United States increased steadily between 2000 and 2024. As of the third quarter of 2024, U.S. financial corporate debt securites amounted to nearly ** trillion U.S. dollars.

The Quarterly External Debt Statistics (QEDS/SDDS) database, launched by the World Bank in October 2014, provides comprehensive and detailed external debt data starting from the first quarter of 1998. This dataset adheres to the classifications and definitions outlined in the 2013 External Debt Statistics Guide and the Sixth Edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6).

The QEDS/SDDS database covers a wide range of countries, including those that subscribe to the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) as well as General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) participating countries capable of producing the necessary external debt data. It includes information from various regions such as East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Key features of this dataset include:

Geographical Coverage: Global, with detailed data from multiple regions and countries. Temporal Coverage: Data from 1997 to 2024. Periodicity: Quarterly updates. Granularity: National-level data. This dataset is an invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers, and analysts interested in understanding the external debt dynamics of countries and regions over time. The data is sourced from the World Bank's Data API and is updated quarterly, with updates scheduled for January, April, July, and October. The first publication date was July 17, 2010, and the dataset is continuously updated, with the latest update being on July 17, 2024.

Semi-annual business debt for all supplier types, by financing characteristics and by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), displayed in millions of dollars unless otherwise specified.

Graph and download economic data for Financial Business; Debt Securities; Liability (DISCONTINUED) (FBDSL) from Q4 1945 to Q4 2017 about finance companies, companies, finance, liabilities, debt, financial, securities, and USA.

Argentina AR: External Debt: DOD: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data was reported at 27.363 USD bn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 33.614 USD bn for 2015. Argentina AR: External Debt: DOD: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data is updated yearly, averaging 10.340 USD bn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 34.408 USD bn in 2012 and a record low of 573.423 USD mn in 1992. Argentina AR: External Debt: DOD: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Argentina – Table AR.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Nonguaranteed long-term commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions. Private nonguaranteed long-term debt outstanding and disbursed is an external obligation of a private debtor that is not guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Over the last decade, the debt of nonfinancial corporations in China have grown the fastest of all major economies, increasing from **** trillion U.S. dollars in 2008 to **** trillion U.S. dollars in 2022. As a result, Chinese corporate debt now exceeds U.S. corporate debt, which stood at nearly ** trillion U.S. dollars in 2022.

Over the last decade, the debt of nonfinancial corporations worldwide has grown significantly, increasing from ***** trillion U.S. dollars in the second quarter of 2009 to nearly ** trillion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2024. Chinese corporations had the largest corporate debt in 2022.

United States - Other Financial Business; Debt Securities; Liability, Level was 160311.00000 Mil. of $ in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Other Financial Business; Debt Securities; Liability, Level reached a record high of 805011.00000 in October of 2008 and a record low of 0.00000 in October of 1946. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Other Financial Business; Debt Securities; Liability, Level - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

Chad TD: External Debt: DOD: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2016. Chad TD: External Debt: DOD: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 USD mn in 2017 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2017. Chad TD: External Debt: DOD: PNG: Commercial Banks and Other Creditors data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Chad – Table TD.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Nonguaranteed long-term commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions. Private nonguaranteed long-term debt outstanding and disbursed is an external obligation of a private debtor that is not guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;