Gross external debt, quarterly (World Bank QEDS): France

The latest reading SOTW holds for France is 9,528,071 USD mn for 2026-Q2, from World Bank.

Source series · Listed tier · External · Quarterly · USD mn · WB.L.QEDS.EXTDEBT.USD.Q · FRA

Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the publisher's file as published; not individually reviewed by SOTW.

Latest
9,528,071
USD mn · 2026-Q2
Previous
9,238,076
USD mn · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
1,728,126
USD mn · 2002-Q4
Readings shown
95
Every reading SOTW holds

France · history

USD mn · Quarterly

Source: World Bank. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:19:47.340Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Gross external debt, quarterly (World Bank QEDS): France: 95 readings, newest first. Source: World Bank.
PeriodValue (USD mn)
2026-Q29,528,071
2026-Q19,238,076
2025-Q49,138,022
2025-Q39,162,598
2025-Q29,099,776
2025-Q18,284,784
2024-Q47,588,642
2024-Q38,257,757
2024-Q27,716,430
2024-Q17,803,106
2023-Q47,637,821
2023-Q37,414,677
2023-Q27,477,061
2023-Q17,429,559
2022-Q46,918,086
2022-Q36,621,508
2022-Q27,073,392
2022-Q17,474,934
2021-Q47,255,415
2021-Q37,550,848
2021-Q27,537,817
2021-Q17,378,584
2020-Q47,394,751
2020-Q37,117,103
2020-Q26,779,288
2020-Q16,750,715
2019-Q46,268,363
2019-Q36,459,451
2019-Q26,483,566
2019-Q16,177,429
2018-Q45,829,082
2018-Q36,024,311
2018-Q26,005,829
2018-Q16,161,756
2017-Q45,793,679
2017-Q35,775,391
2017-Q25,585,566
2017-Q15,271,977
2016-Q44,991,533
2016-Q35,471,621
2016-Q25,383,870
2016-Q15,364,422
2015-Q44,979,756
2015-Q35,211,317
2015-Q25,228,008
2015-Q15,250,317
2014-Q45,496,290
2014-Q35,692,136
2014-Q26,016,230
2014-Q15,743,435
2013-Q45,549,362
2013-Q35,582,252
2013-Q25,418,394
2013-Q15,307,023
2012-Q45,376,705
2012-Q35,289,281
2012-Q25,171,548
2012-Q15,434,713
2011-Q45,223,148
2011-Q35,632,721
2011-Q25,908,058
2011-Q15,659,752
2010-Q45,160,781
2010-Q35,225,584
2010-Q24,674,225
2010-Q15,080,596
2009-Q45,180,198
2009-Q35,209,431
2009-Q24,955,095
2009-Q14,675,912
2008-Q44,881,144
2008-Q35,071,943
2008-Q25,416,271
2008-Q15,311,823
2007-Q44,843,636
2007-Q34,559,248
2007-Q24,402,353
2007-Q14,119,305
2006-Q43,819,255
2006-Q33,673,455
2006-Q23,498,357
2006-Q13,282,545
2005-Q43,053,840
2005-Q32,907,143
2005-Q22,850,493
2005-Q12,852,201
2004-Q42,853,237
2004-Q32,521,801
2004-Q22,447,291
2004-Q12,384,525
2003-Q42,302,270
2003-Q32,090,744
2003-Q22,037,620
2003-Q11,868,288
2002-Q41,728,126

Source: World Bank. All 95 readings held, 2002-Q4 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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