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The following article lists the indebted companies in the world by total corporate debt according estimates by the {{wipe|United Kingdom}}-{{wipe|Australia}}n investment firm [[Company:Janus Henderson|Janus Henderson]]. In 2019, the total debt of the 900 most indebted companies was $8,325 billion. The most indebted companies were in the oil and gas, utilities, [[Engineering:Telecommunication|telecommunication]] and {{wipe|Automotive industry}} industries.<ref name=":0" /> The world's most indebted company in 2021 was [[Company:Toyota|Toyota]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-17|title=VW Becomes The World's Most Indebted Company, Owes More Than South Africa!|url=https://www.carscoops.com/2020/07/vw-becomes-the-worlds-most-indebted-company-owes-more-than-south-africa/|access-date=2021-07-04|website=Carscoops|language=en-US}}</ref>

The most indebted company [https://www.forbes.com/2008/10/01/buffett-immelt-ge-biz-wall-cz_df_1001buffett.html in history] was General Electric, holding in 2008 556$bn in debt.

== 2022 Top 20 ==
The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2022.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Company
!Country
!Debt<br />(billions of US$)
|-
|1
|Evergrande Group
|{{CHN}}
|[https://apnews.com/article/china-evergrande-property-economy-debt-7af0c0372b64abb8e90ff576e8cb25cd#:~:text=China%20Evergrande%20reports%20its%20debt,AP%20News 340]
|-
|2
|[[Company:Toyota|Toyota]]
|{{JPN}}
|[https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/economic-data/companies-largest-debt-world 217]
|}

== 2021 Top 20 ==
The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2021.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Henderson |first=Janus |date=February 23, 2023 |title=JANUS HENDERSON CORPORATE DEBT INDEX, Edition 3 |url=https://cdn.janushenderson.com/webdocs/H050383_0622.pdf |access-date=February 23, 2023 |website=Janus Henderson}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Rank
!Company
!Country
!Debt<br/>(billions of US$)
|-
|1
|[[Company:Toyota|Toyota]]
|{{JPN}}
|186
|-
|2
|[[Company:Volkswagen Group|Volkswagen AG]]
|{{DEU}}
|185
|-
|3
|AT&T
|{{USA}}
|182
|-
|4
|[[Company:Verizon Communications|Verizon Communications]]
|{{USA}}
|174
|-
|5
|Deutsche Telekom AG
|{{DEU}}
|153
|-
|6
|Mercedes-Benz Group AG
|{{DEU}}
|109
|-
|7
|Électricité de France SA
|{{FRA}}
|104
|-
|8
|Comcast
|{{USA}}
|98
|-
|9
|[[Company:BMW|BMW]]
|{{DEU}}
|96
|-
|10
|Charter Communications
|{{USA}}
|92
|-
|11
|[[Company:Ford Motor Company|Ford Motor Company]]
|{{USA}}
|90
|-
|12
|[[Company:General Motors|General Motors]]
|{{USA}}
|79
|-
|13
|[[Company:AB InBev|Anheuser-Busch and In-Bev]]
|{{BEL}}
|76
|-
|14
|Enel SpA
|{{ITA}}
|72
|-
|15
|Duke Energy
|{{USA}}
|68
|-
|16
|[[Company:AbbVie|AbbVie, Inc.]]
|{{USA}}
|68
|-
|17
|[[Company:Korea Electric Power Corporation|Korea Electric Power]]
|{{KOR}}
|68
|-
|18
|[[Company:Nippon Telegraph and Telephone|Nippon Telegraph and Telephone]]
|{{JPN}}
|67
|-
|19
|[[Company:Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]]
|{{KOR}}
|65
|-
|20
|[[Company:Vodafone|Vodafone]]
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|62
|}

== 2019 Top 20 ==

The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Janus Henderson Corporate Debt Index Edition 1|url=https://cdn.janushenderson.com/webdocs/130620+JHCDI+Final.pdf|website=Janus Henderson}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Company
!Country
!Debt <br/>(billions of US$)
|-
|1
|Volkswagen AG
|{{DEU}}
|192
|-
|2
|AT&T
|{{USA}}
|176
|-
|3
|Daimler AG
|{{DEU}}
|151
|-
|4
|[[Company:Toyota|Toyota]]
|{{JPN}}
|138
|-
|5
|SoftBank Group
|{{JPN}}
|135
|-
|6
|[[Company:Verizon Communications|Verizon Communications]]
|{{USA}}
|129
|-
|7
|[[Company:Ford Motor Company|Ford Motor Company]]
|{{USA}}
|122
|-
|8
|[[Company:BMW|BMW]]
|{{DEU}}
|114
|-
|9
|Comcast
|{{USA}}
|104
|-
|10
|Anheuser-Busch and InBev
|{{BEL}}
|96
|-
|11
|Deutsche Telekom
|{{DEU}}
|87
|-
|12
|[[Company:CVS Health|CVS Health]]
|{{USA}}
|81
|-
|13
|[[Company:Petrobras|Petrobras]]
|{{BRA}}
|79
|-
|14
|Royal Dutch Shell
|{{NLD}}
|78
|-
|15
|[[Company:General Motors|General Motors]]
|{{USA}}
|78
|-
|16
|Charter Communications
|{{USA}}
|77
|-
|17
|[[Company:PetroChina|PetroChina]]
|{{CHN}}
|76
|-
|18
|[[Company:Walmart|Walmart]]
|{{USA}}
|63
|-
|19
|Duke Energy
|{{USA}}
|62
|-
|20
|[[Company:Korea Electric Power Corporation|Korea Electric Power Corporation]]
|{{KOR}}
|60
|}

== 2016 Top 20 ==

The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2016.<ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Company
!Country
!Debt <br/>(billions of US$)
|-
|1
|AT&T
|{{USA}}
|139
|-
|2
|Volkswagen AG
|{{DEU}}
|136
|-
|3
|[[Company:Verizon Communications|Verizon Communications]]
|{{USA}}
|126
|-
|4
|[[Company:Toyota|Toyota]]
|{{JPN}}
|119
|-
|5
|Anheuser-Busch and InBev
|{{BEL}}
|107
|-
|6
|Daimler AG
|{{DEU}}
|104
|-
|7
|[[Company:Ford Motor Company|Ford Motor Company]]
|{{USA}}
|104
|-
|8
|[[Company:Petrobras|Petrobras]]
|{{BRA}}
|95
|-
|9
|[[Company:BMW|BMW]]
|{{DEU}}
|95
|-
|10
|[[Company:General Electric|General Electric]]
|{{USA}}
|91
|-
|11
|Royal Dutch Shell
|{{NLD}}
|89
|-
|12
|SoftBank Group
|{{JPN}}
|82
|-
|13
|[[Company:PetroChina|PetroChina]]
|{{CHN}}
|81
|-
|14
|Deutsche Telekom
|{{DEU}}
|76
|-
|15
|[[Company:Telefónica|Telefónica]]
|{{ESP}}
|69
|-
|16
|Charter Communications
|{{USA}}
|61
|-
|17
|[[Company:Walmart|Walmart]]
|{{USA}}
|58
|-
|18
|[[Company:General Motors|General Motors]]
|{{USA}}
|58
|-
|19
|Comcast
|{{USA}}
|58
|-
|20
|Électricité de France
|{{FRA}}
|57
|}

== 2014 Top 20 ==

The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2014.<ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Company
!Country
!Debt <br/>(billions of US$)
|-
|1
|[[Company:General Electric|General Electric]]
|{{USA}}
|278
|-
|2
|Volkswagen AG
|{{DEU}}
|134
|-
|3
|[[Company:Verizon Communications|Verizon Communications]]
|{{USA}}
|123
|-
|4
|[[Company:Toyota|Toyota]]
|{{JPN}}
|115
|-
|5
|[[Company:Petrobras|Petrobras]]
|{{BRA}}
|105
|-
|6
|[[Company:PetroChina|PetroChina]]
|{{CHN}}
|96
|-
|7
|AT&T
|{{USA}}
|93
|-
|8
|Daimler AG
|{{DEU}}
|90
|-
|9
|[[Company:Ford Motor Company|Ford Motor Company]]
|{{USA}}
|88
|-
|10
|[[Company:BMW|BMW]]
|{{DEU}}
|84
|-
|11
|Deutsche Telekom
|{{DEU}}
|79
|-
|12
|[[Company:Telefónica|Telefónica]]
|{{ESP}}
|73
|-
|13
|[[Company:Sinopec|Sinopec]]
|{{CHN}}
|71
|-
|14
|SoftBank Group
|{{JPN}}
|70
|-
|15
|[[Company:Walmart|Walmart]]
|{{USA}}
|66
|-
|16
|[[Company:Korea Electric Power Corporation|Korea Electric Power Corporation]]
|{{KOR}}
|57
|-
|17
|Mitsubishi Corporation
|{{JPN}}
|55
|-
|18
|Électricité de France
|{{FRA}}
|53
|-
|19
|Rosneft
|{{RUS}}
|50
|-
|20
|[[Company:Orange S.A.|Orange S.A.]]
|{{FRA}}
|48
|}

== See also ==

* List of largest companies by revenue
* List of largest employers
* List of largest corporate profits and losses
* [[Finance:List of public corporations by market capitalization|List of public corporations by market capitalization]]
* List of most valuable brands

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