Reports issued by the International Monetary Fund have repeatedly warned that global debt is reaching critical levels approaching its historical peak recorded during the Second World War era, which reduces governments' ability to face potential economic shocks. Official statistics of
the fund for the year 2026 showed that Sudan tops the list of the most indebted countries worldwide compared to the size of its gross domestic product, achieving a rate of three hundred and thirty-four point four percent, thus surpassing
the rates of advanced countries such as Japan and Singapore. The official ranking excluded both Venezuela and Lebanon due to the absence of accurate and updated figures regarding their debt-to-GDP ratios within the statistics of the mentioned year. Earlier this
month, the director of the international institution Kristalina Georgieva warned that total global public debt is approaching unprecedented limits since the Second World War era, expecting it to soon exceed the threshold of one hundred percent of the planetary economy.
