Credit to General Government, Face Value (USD billions, Quarterly): France
The latest reading SOTW holds for France is 4,065.85 USD billions for 2026-Q1, from Bank for International Settlements.
Reviewed series · Credit & Debt · Quarterly · USD billions · BIS.CREDIT.GOVERNMENT.USD.Q · FRA
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
- 4,065.85
- USD billions · 2026-Q1
- Previous
- 4,065.87
- USD billions · 2025-Q4
- Earliest held
- 816.63
- USD billions · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 105
- Every reading SOTW holds
France · history
USD billions · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (USD billions) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q1 | 4,065.85 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4,065.87 |
| 2025-Q3 | 4,090.72 |
| 2025-Q2 | 4,005.10 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3,619.17 |
| 2024-Q4 | 3,434.55 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3,697.97 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3,460.40 |
| 2024-Q1 | 3,412.45 |
| 2023-Q4 | 3,429.00 |
| 2023-Q3 | 3,279.77 |
| 2023-Q2 | 3,320.57 |
| 2023-Q1 | 3,285.55 |
| 2022-Q4 | 3,152.35 |
| 2022-Q3 | 2,887.93 |
| 2022-Q2 | 3,035.26 |
| 2022-Q1 | 3,236.76 |
| 2021-Q4 | 3,203.97 |
| 2021-Q3 | 3,296.20 |
| 2021-Q2 | 3,297.95 |
| 2021-Q1 | 3,227.19 |
| 2020-Q4 | 3,268.93 |
| 2020-Q3 | 3,137.29 |
| 2020-Q2 | 2,961.78 |
| 2020-Q1 | 2,679.73 |
| 2019-Q4 | 2,681.87 |
| 2019-Q3 | 2,635.35 |
| 2019-Q2 | 2,707.47 |
| 2019-Q1 | 2,653.87 |
| 2018-Q4 | 2,657.13 |
| 2018-Q3 | 2,692.14 |
| 2018-Q2 | 2,687.74 |
| 2018-Q1 | 2,824.90 |
| 2017-Q4 | 2,714.42 |
| 2017-Q3 | 2,690.49 |
| 2017-Q2 | 2,603.33 |
| 2017-Q1 | 2,411.83 |
| 2016-Q4 | 2,308.98 |
| 2016-Q3 | 2,462.63 |
| 2016-Q2 | 2,462.30 |
| 2016-Q1 | 2,491.37 |
| 2015-Q4 | 2,324.30 |
| 2015-Q3 | 2,397.66 |
| 2015-Q2 | 2,395.80 |
| 2015-Q1 | 2,285.04 |
| 2014-Q4 | 2,514.42 |
| 2014-Q3 | 2,609.73 |
| 2014-Q2 | 2,824.12 |
| 2014-Q1 | 2,824.43 |
| 2013-Q4 | 2,765.08 |
| 2013-Q3 | 2,681.45 |
| 2013-Q2 | 2,611.25 |
| 2013-Q1 | 2,501.73 |
| 2012-Q4 | 2,527.82 |
| 2012-Q3 | 2,459.42 |
| 2012-Q2 | 2,420.45 |
| 2012-Q1 | 2,520.12 |
| 2011-Q4 | 2,367.88 |
| 2011-Q3 | 2,439.70 |
| 2011-Q2 | 2,618.49 |
| 2011-Q1 | 2,510.04 |
| 2010-Q4 | 2,301.14 |
| 2010-Q3 | 2,333.92 |
| 2010-Q2 | 2,124.10 |
| 2010-Q1 | 2,254.55 |
| 2009-Q4 | 2,343.97 |
| 2009-Q3 | 2,345.01 |
| 2009-Q2 | 2,207.42 |
| 2009-Q1 | 1,960.22 |
| 2008-Q4 | 1,933.75 |
| 2008-Q3 | 1,928.93 |
| 2008-Q2 | 2,097.98 |
| 2008-Q1 | 2,073.20 |
| 2007-Q4 | 1,867.89 |
| 2007-Q3 | 1,815.53 |
| 2007-Q2 | 1,725.27 |
| 2007-Q1 | 1,657.36 |
| 2006-Q4 | 1,590.03 |
| 2006-Q3 | 1,545.13 |
| 2006-Q2 | 1,536.15 |
| 2006-Q1 | 1,465.89 |
| 2005-Q4 | 1,417.33 |
| 2005-Q3 | 1,424.63 |
| 2005-Q2 | 1,423.10 |
| 2005-Q1 | 1,500.70 |
| 2004-Q4 | 1,545.01 |
| 2004-Q3 | 1,392.02 |
| 2004-Q2 | 1,357.24 |
| 2004-Q1 | 1,322.78 |
| 2003-Q4 | 1,339.24 |
| 2003-Q3 | 1,228.16 |
| 2003-Q2 | 1,186.40 |
| 2003-Q1 | 1,087.82 |
| 2002-Q4 | 1,013.87 |
| 2002-Q3 | 937.03 |
| 2002-Q2 | 944.32 |
| 2002-Q1 | 802.39 |
| 2001-Q4 | 799.92 |
| 2001-Q3 | 829.60 |
| 2001-Q2 | 762.11 |
| 2001-Q1 | 773.31 |
| 2000-Q4 | 818.84 |
| 2000-Q3 | 763.06 |
| 2000-Q2 | 828.38 |
| 2000-Q1 | 816.63 |
Source: Bank for International Settlements. All 105 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q1. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.