Credit to General Government, Face Value (USD billions, Quarterly): Australia
The latest reading SOTW holds for Australia is 1,048.78 USD billions for 2026-Q1, from Bank for International Settlements.
Reviewed series · Credit & Debt · Quarterly · USD billions · BIS.CREDIT.GOVERNMENT.USD.Q · AUS
Government core debt is consolidated across government entities and valued at nominal/face value. Gross outstanding core debt: loans, debt securities, and currency/deposits, financed by all domestic and foreign lenders. Assets are not deducted. End-quarter stock converted to US dollars at the prevailing end-quarter exchange rate; not a credit-flow or PPP measure. BIS statistics are freely sourced and their inclusion must not result in any additional charge to users. BIS attribution is required; resale is not permitted by SOTW's rights policy. Collection time is not the original publication timestamp. Source dimensions, unit multipliers, confidentiality and observation flags are retained. Terms: https://data.bis.org/help/legal
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- Latest
- 1,048.78
- USD billions · 2026-Q1
- Previous
- 993.16
- USD billions · 2025-Q4
- Earliest held
- 76.95
- USD billions · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 105
- Every reading SOTW holds
Australia · history
USD billions · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (USD billions) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q1 | 1,048.78 |
| 2025-Q4 | 993.16 |
| 2025-Q3 | 968.53 |
| 2025-Q2 | 920.84 |
| 2025-Q1 | 892.59 |
| 2024-Q4 | 854.59 |
| 2024-Q3 | 954.76 |
| 2024-Q2 | 888.44 |
| 2024-Q1 | 874.04 |
| 2023-Q4 | 894.32 |
| 2023-Q3 | 836.87 |
| 2023-Q2 | 842.12 |
| 2023-Q1 | 854.55 |
| 2022-Q4 | 855.86 |
| 2022-Q3 | 810.85 |
| 2022-Q2 | 851.04 |
| 2022-Q1 | 896.62 |
| 2021-Q4 | 858.56 |
| 2021-Q3 | 836.74 |
| 2021-Q2 | 836.65 |
| 2021-Q1 | 845.03 |
| 2020-Q4 | 846.02 |
| 2020-Q3 | 765.15 |
| 2020-Q2 | 635.68 |
| 2020-Q1 | 484.09 |
| 2019-Q4 | 533.83 |
| 2019-Q3 | 506.26 |
| 2019-Q2 | 507.00 |
| 2019-Q1 | 505.38 |
| 2018-Q4 | 503.45 |
| 2018-Q3 | 511.30 |
| 2018-Q2 | 516.84 |
| 2018-Q1 | 529.17 |
| 2017-Q4 | 533.93 |
| 2017-Q3 | 522.01 |
| 2017-Q2 | 508.30 |
| 2017-Q1 | 491.82 |
| 2016-Q4 | 451.69 |
| 2016-Q3 | 461.28 |
| 2016-Q2 | 433.70 |
| 2016-Q1 | 448.63 |
| 2015-Q4 | 411.65 |
| 2015-Q3 | 394.92 |
| 2015-Q2 | 406.64 |
| 2015-Q1 | 398.97 |
| 2014-Q4 | 416.99 |
| 2014-Q3 | 436.90 |
| 2014-Q2 | 445.70 |
| 2014-Q1 | 430.73 |
| 2013-Q4 | 400.51 |
| 2013-Q3 | 398.42 |
| 2013-Q2 | 366.72 |
| 2013-Q1 | 421.61 |
| 2012-Q4 | 412.31 |
| 2012-Q3 | 404.64 |
| 2012-Q2 | 369.45 |
| 2012-Q1 | 368.65 |
| 2011-Q4 | 343.73 |
| 2011-Q3 | 311.14 |
| 2011-Q2 | 315.74 |
| 2011-Q1 | 288.38 |
| 2010-Q4 | 265.97 |
| 2010-Q3 | 241.62 |
| 2010-Q2 | 195.81 |
| 2010-Q1 | 193.35 |
| 2009-Q4 | 171.94 |
| 2009-Q3 | 160.23 |
| 2009-Q2 | 132.57 |
| 2009-Q1 | 90.99 |
| 2008-Q4 | 81.69 |
| 2008-Q3 | 90.92 |
| 2008-Q2 | 110.41 |
| 2008-Q1 | 92.68 |
| 2007-Q4 | 89.32 |
| 2007-Q3 | 91.01 |
| 2007-Q2 | 81.53 |
| 2007-Q1 | 74.41 |
| 2006-Q4 | 72.49 |
| 2006-Q3 | 72.20 |
| 2006-Q2 | 70.71 |
| 2006-Q1 | 66.66 |
| 2005-Q4 | 68.66 |
| 2005-Q3 | 71.00 |
| 2005-Q2 | 73.97 |
| 2005-Q1 | 76.13 |
| 2004-Q4 | 74.46 |
| 2004-Q3 | 69.35 |
| 2004-Q2 | 68.14 |
| 2004-Q1 | 73.92 |
| 2003-Q4 | 73.18 |
| 2003-Q3 | 66.99 |
| 2003-Q2 | 70.94 |
| 2003-Q1 | 62.15 |
| 2002-Q4 | 59.37 |
| 2002-Q3 | 58.20 |
| 2002-Q2 | 61.50 |
| 2002-Q1 | 58.53 |
| 2001-Q4 | 56.88 |
| 2001-Q3 | 55.51 |
| 2001-Q2 | 57.10 |
| 2001-Q1 | 54.95 |
| 2000-Q4 | 64.13 |
| 2000-Q3 | 65.12 |
| 2000-Q2 | 75.62 |
| 2000-Q1 | 76.95 |
Source: Bank for International Settlements. All 105 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q1. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.