Khaberni - The Institute of International Finance (IIF) revealed that the global debt reached a record level by the end of 2025, stabilizing at $348 trillion, which is a record increase from the previous year. At a level considered historically high, with an annual increase of $29 trillion, the fastest since the coronavirus pandemic.
The data reported by CNN today, Friday, indicates that $10 trillion of the total increase resulted from government borrowing, confirming that governments were the major driver of debt inflation during the recent period.
In terms of distribution, governments hold the largest share of global debt at $106.7 trillion, followed by corporations at $100.6 trillion, and then household debts at $64.6 trillion.
The total debt represents about 308 percent of the global GDP, meaning that the volume of obligations exceeds more than three times the value of what the global economy produces annually.
