Private debt

The debt of households and non-financial companies as a share of GDP.

Private debt is what households and non-financial companies owe in loans and debt securities, as a share of GDP. Household debt, shown on its own, is mostly mortgages. Rising private debt can fuel growth and then a crisis, as in 2008. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) compiles it in its Global Debt Database from national financial accounts and central bank data, back to 1950 for some countries.

• Economy
• Debt
• Households
• Companies
• IMF
• Country
• Year