2026-03-13 · percent of global public debt stock

Low-income countries risk debt distress

Multilateral relief cycles repeat.

Policy grids compress billions of people into equal squares — the shock is in the share, not the cell. This grid divides sovereign debt (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Low-income high-risk, Asia & Pacific, and 2 more groups — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.

1 cell = 0.1 percent of global public debt stock (0.1% of sovereign debt) · 1,000 cells