Over the last decade, the debt of nonfinancial corporations in China have grown the fastest of all major economies, increasing from 4.38 trillion U.S. dollars in 2008 to 27.7 trillion U.S. dollars in 2022. As a result, Chinese corporate debt now exceeds U.S. corporate debt, which stood at nearly 20 trillion U.S. dollars in 2022.
Total debt of nonfinancial corporations in major developed and emerging economies from 2006 to 2022
(in trillion U.S. dollars)
* The source does not provide 2006 data for India.
Data are adjusted for breaks.
Values are core credit, and capture the outstanding amount of credit at the end of the end of each year. In terms of financial instruments, credit covers the core debt, defined as loans, debt securities and currency & deposits.
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Bank for International Settlements. (September 7, 2023). Total debt of nonfinancial corporations in major developed and emerging economies from 2006 to 2022 (in trillion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075320/total-nonfinancial-corporation-debt-major-economies/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Bank for International Settlements. (2023). Total debt of nonfinancial corporations in major developed and emerging economies from 2006 to 2022 (in trillion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075320/total-nonfinancial-corporation-debt-major-economies/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Bank for International Settlements. "Total Debt of Nonfinancial Corporations in Major Developed and Emerging Economies from 2006 to 2022 (in Trillion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075320/total-nonfinancial-corporation-debt-major-economies/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Total debt of nonfinancial corporations in major developed and emerging economies from 2006 to 2022 (in trillion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bank for International Settlements, September 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075320/total-nonfinancial-corporation-debt-major-economies/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
