Global debt reached around $324 trillion in Q1

Global debt in Q1 2025 reached approximately USD 324 trillion, according to the IIF report. The largest contributors to the increase in debt in Q1 2025 were China, France and Germany.

Total global debt rose by more than $7.5 trillion in the first quarter.

The largest contributors to debt growth in the first quarter of 2025 were China, France and Germany, while debt levels fell in Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.

The IIF says that outside of China, total emerging market debt has reached a new record.

Brazil, India and Poland saw the largest increases in debt value in USD terms in Q1 2025.

GLOBAL DEBT REACHES NEW HIGH OF $325 TRILLION: IIFOur experts report that global #debt rose by over $7.5 trillion to a new record high of over $324 trillion in the first quarter of 2025 📈

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