Credit to General Government, Face Value (USD billions, Quarterly): Germany
The latest reading SOTW holds for Germany is 3,336.82 USD billions for 2026-Q1, from Bank for International Settlements.
Reviewed series · Credit & Debt · Quarterly · USD billions · BIS.CREDIT.GOVERNMENT.USD.Q · DEU
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
- 3,336.82
- USD billions · 2026-Q1
- Previous
- 3,334.79
- USD billions · 2025-Q4
- Earliest held
- 1,208.93
- USD billions · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 105
- Every reading SOTW holds
Germany · history
USD billions · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (USD billions) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q1 | 3,336.82 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3,334.79 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3,275.25 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3,203.79 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2,921.92 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2,798.49 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2,991.12 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2,821.08 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2,846.61 |
| 2023-Q4 | 2,906.27 |
| 2023-Q3 | 2,792.14 |
| 2023-Q2 | 2,818.07 |
| 2023-Q1 | 2,822.67 |
| 2022-Q4 | 2,739.65 |
| 2022-Q3 | 2,490.76 |
| 2022-Q2 | 2,640.26 |
| 2022-Q1 | 2,779.49 |
| 2021-Q4 | 2,833.16 |
| 2021-Q3 | 2,848.08 |
| 2021-Q2 | 2,883.06 |
| 2021-Q1 | 2,786.32 |
| 2020-Q4 | 2,880.89 |
| 2020-Q3 | 2,769.54 |
| 2020-Q2 | 2,565.57 |
| 2020-Q1 | 2,323.57 |
| 2019-Q4 | 2,331.57 |
| 2019-Q3 | 2,293.11 |
| 2019-Q2 | 2,377.19 |
| 2019-Q1 | 2,356.74 |
| 2018-Q4 | 2,388.86 |
| 2018-Q3 | 2,429.08 |
| 2018-Q2 | 2,445.19 |
| 2018-Q1 | 2,602.88 |
| 2017-Q4 | 2,557.91 |
| 2017-Q3 | 2,536.08 |
| 2017-Q2 | 2,457.20 |
| 2017-Q1 | 2,307.58 |
| 2016-Q4 | 2,300.39 |
| 2016-Q3 | 2,460.06 |
| 2016-Q2 | 2,454.35 |
| 2016-Q1 | 2,512.85 |
| 2015-Q4 | 2,392.46 |
| 2015-Q3 | 2,461.74 |
| 2015-Q2 | 2,456.68 |
| 2015-Q1 | 2,399.62 |
| 2014-Q4 | 2,700.69 |
| 2014-Q3 | 2,793.29 |
| 2014-Q2 | 3,028.55 |
| 2014-Q1 | 3,047.92 |
| 2013-Q4 | 3,062.03 |
| 2013-Q3 | 2,977.59 |
| 2013-Q2 | 2,909.15 |
| 2013-Q1 | 2,849.36 |
| 2012-Q4 | 2,948.68 |
| 2012-Q3 | 2,881.07 |
| 2012-Q2 | 2,811.82 |
| 2012-Q1 | 2,921.32 |
| 2011-Q4 | 2,789.33 |
| 2011-Q3 | 2,904.92 |
| 2011-Q2 | 3,086.60 |
| 2011-Q1 | 3,016.80 |
| 2010-Q4 | 2,831.70 |
| 2010-Q3 | 2,582.05 |
| 2010-Q2 | 2,289.49 |
| 2010-Q1 | 2,459.00 |
| 2009-Q4 | 2,599.68 |
| 2009-Q3 | 2,622.77 |
| 2009-Q2 | 2,520.16 |
| 2009-Q1 | 2,285.76 |
| 2008-Q4 | 2,348.56 |
| 2008-Q3 | 2,386.51 |
| 2008-Q2 | 2,637.47 |
| 2008-Q1 | 2,589.44 |
| 2007-Q4 | 2,383.43 |
| 2007-Q3 | 2,286.96 |
| 2007-Q2 | 2,204.37 |
| 2007-Q1 | 2,149.39 |
| 2006-Q4 | 2,121.57 |
| 2006-Q3 | 2,039.12 |
| 2006-Q2 | 2,024.93 |
| 2006-Q1 | 1,912.88 |
| 2005-Q4 | 1,841.48 |
| 2005-Q3 | 1,870.90 |
| 2005-Q2 | 1,852.59 |
| 2005-Q1 | 1,967.72 |
| 2004-Q4 | 2,028.97 |
| 2004-Q3 | 1,850.07 |
| 2004-Q2 | 1,789.61 |
| 2004-Q1 | 1,787.84 |
| 2003-Q4 | 1,792.66 |
| 2003-Q3 | 1,634.98 |
| 2003-Q2 | 1,576.72 |
| 2003-Q1 | 1,484.15 |
| 2002-Q4 | 1,394.80 |
| 2002-Q3 | 1,302.22 |
| 2002-Q2 | 1,298.45 |
| 2002-Q1 | 1,131.43 |
| 2001-Q4 | 1,123.43 |
| 2001-Q3 | 1,150.86 |
| 2001-Q2 | 1,055.62 |
| 2001-Q1 | 1,102.51 |
| 2000-Q4 | 1,173.90 |
| 2000-Q3 | 1,116.99 |
| 2000-Q2 | 1,207.72 |
| 2000-Q1 | 1,208.93 |
Source: Bank for International Settlements. All 105 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q1. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.