{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "id": "world-debt",
  "name": "World Public Debt and Government Debt by Country",
  "description": "Compare world public debt and government debt by country in US dollars, percent of GDP and per person, using IMF data.",
  "page_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/world-debt.html",
  "data_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/data/world-debt.json",
  "languages": [
    "en",
    "es",
    "zh",
    "hi",
    "ar",
    "fr",
    "pt",
    "ru",
    "de",
    "ja"
  ],
  "indicator_type": "interpolated",
  "unit": "US dollars",
  "reference_period": "latest IMF WEO period",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-12",
  "primary_sources": [
    "https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXWDG_NGDP@WEO/OEMDC/ADVEC/WEOWORLD"
  ],
  "methodology_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/methodology.html",
  "terms_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/terms.html",
  "note": "Animated values are explanatory models unless the indicator type explicitly says direct catalogue data."
}