| AEs | Advanced economies |
| ATM | Average term-to-maturity |
| ATR | Average term-to-refixing |
| BoC | Bank of Canada |
| BoE | Bank of England |
| BoJ | Bank of Japan |
| BTP | Buono del Tesoro Poliennale |
| CAD | Canadian dollar |
| CAGR | Compound annual growth rate |
| CBI | Climate Bonds Initiative |
| CBS | Climate Bonds Standard |
| CCUS | Carbon capture, utilisation, and storage |
| CLO | Collaterized Loan Obligation |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease (COVID‑19) |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| DMO | Debt Management Office |
| DFN | Debt-for-nature swaps |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| EBITDA | Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation |
| EMDEs | Emerging Market and Developing Economies |
| ESG | Environmental, Social and Governance |
| ETF | Exchange Traded Fund |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FRN | Floating Rate Note |
| FX | Foreign exchange |
| G7 | Group of Seven |
| G20 | Group of Twenty |
| GBP | Great Britain pound |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GFC | Global Financial Crisis |
| GHG | Greenhouse gases |
| GSS | Green, Social and Sustainability |
| HICs | High-income countries |
| ICMA | International Capital Market Association |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPPC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ISAE | International Standard on Assurance Engagements |
| ISIN | International Securities Identification Number |
| JGB | Japanese government bond |
| JPY | Japanese yen |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LBO | Leveraged Buyout |
| LICs | Low-income countries |
| LMICs | Lower-middle income countries |
| LSEG | London Stock Exchange Group |
| MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
| MMF | Money Market Fund |
| NA | OECD National Accounts |
| NZE | Net Zero Emissions |
| OATs | Obligations Assimilables au Trésor |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development |
| OEF | Open-Ended Fund |
| PDM | Public debt management |
| PE | Private equity |
| PEPP | Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme |
| PSPP | Public Sector Purchase Programme |
| QE | Quantitative Easing |
| QT | Quantitative Tightening |
| RIC | LSEG Identification Code |
| SDRs | Special Drawing Rights |
| SLB | Sustainability-Linked Bond |
| SLR | Supplementary Leverage Ratio |
| SNA | System of National Accounts |
| SNG | Subnational government |
| SPT | Sustainable Performance Target |
| SSA | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| T-bill | Treasury bill |
| TBAC | Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee |
| TRBC | The Reference Data Business Classification |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UMICs | Upper-middle income countries |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| US | United States |
| USD | United States dollar |
| WPDM | OECD Working Party on Debt Management |
| YTM | Yield-to-maturity |
Global Debt Report 2025
Financing Growth in a Challenging Debt Market Environment
