Global Emerging Markets Risk Database (GEMs)

Leveraging data from multilateral development banks and development finance institutions to support investment and development

Private Lending 1994-2024

Annual default rates and averages – private counterparts
figure 1 private default
Recovery rates by region – private lending
Figure 15 Private Recovery

Public Lending 1994-2024

Annual default rates and averages – public counterparts
figure 1 public default
Recovery rates by region – public lending
Figure 12 Public Recovery

Sovereign and Sovereign-guaranteed Lending 1984-2024

Distribution of recovery rates (percentage of all defaults)
Figure 4 Sovereign Default
Annual default rates and averages, by ten-year period
Figure 16 Sovereign Recovery