• Nonfinancial corporation debt as a share of GDP in major economies 2019

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The debt held by Chinese nonfinancial corporations as a share of GDP was the highest of any major economy in 2019, at 149.3 percent. This was almost twice that of the United States, whose corporations held debt which amounted to 74.9 percent of the country's GDP in the same year.

Total debt of nonfinancial corporations in major economies as a share of GDP from 2008 to 2019, by economy type

	United States	Euro area	Japan	United Kingdom	China	India*	Brazil	Russia
2019	74.9%	107.2%	103.9%	78%	149.3%	44.2%	43.9%	76.7%
2018	74.3%	107.4%	101.4%	82.4%	149.1%	44.7%	42%	79.7%
2017	73.7%	108.1%	98.6%	84.5%	156.4%	44%	40.8%	82.9%
2016	71.7%	109.4%	99%	81.9%	159.5%	46%	43.5%	84%
2015	70.1%	109.1%	96.5%	77.4%	158.4%	50.3%	49.8%	87.9%
2014	68.3%	105.4%	99.4%	79.8%	145.8%	50.4%	44.7%	80.9%
2013	67%	102.2%	101%	86.8%	137.5%	52.2%	43.1%	65.2%
2012	66.5%	104.3%	102.6%	92.1%	127.6%	51.9%	41.9%	55.7%
2011	66.1%	102.9%	103.6%	90.4%	117%	50.4%	38.8%	52.1%
2010	66.8%	100.5%	102.3%	93.8%	117.8%	50.3%	36.1%	52.8%
2009	70.3%	100.6%	108.5%	97.2%	116.9%	47.3%	36.2%	59.6%
2008	72.5%	96.2%	105.5%	101.2%	93.9%	46.2%	35.7%	54.3%
2007	69.9%	92.2%	101.8%	93.9%	94.3%	42.3%	30.1%	49.3%
2006*	64.9%	87.4%	103.8%	92.5%	103.6%	-	34.4%	40%

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September 2020

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2008 to 2019

Supplementary notes

* The source does not provide 2006 data for India.
Data are adjusted for breaks.
Values are calculated using core credit, which captures the outstanding amount of credit at the end of the end of each year. In terms of financial instruments, the values include the core debt, defined as loans, debt securities and currency & deposits.

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