International Monetary Fund · Public Sector
France: DEBT (IMF)
96.14percent · 2015+43.0% since 2005
DEBT <br/> Note: Median value reported for country groupings Annual figures for France from 1880 to 2015.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 96.14 | |
| 2014 | 95.34 | |
| 2013 | 92.4 | |
| 2012 | 89.58 | |
| 2011 | 85.21 | |
| 2010 | 81.7 | |
| 2009 | 79 | |
| 2008 | 68.06 | |
| 2007 | 64.4 | |
| 2006 | 64.45 | |
| 2005 | 67.21 | |
| 2004 | 65.74 | |
| 2003 | 64.21 | |
| 2002 | 60.08 | |
| 2001 | 58.16 | |
| 2000 | 58.65 | |
| 1999 | 60.22 | |
| 1998 | 61.04 | |
| 1997 | 61.1 | |
| 1996 | 59.68 | |
| 1995 | 55.81 | |
| 1994 | 49.61 | |
| 1993 | 46.3 | |
| 1992 | 40.01 | |
| 1991 | 36.3 | |
| 1990 | 35.41 | |
| 1989 | 34.27 | |
| 1988 | 33.48 | |
| 1987 | 33.53 | |
| 1986 | 31.18 | |
| 1985 | 30.58 | |
| 1984 | 28.99 | |
| 1983 | 26.59 | |
| 1982 | 25.27 | |
| 1981 | 21.97 | |
| 1980 | 20.76 | |
| 1977 | 14.99 | |
| 1976 | 15.1 | |
| 1975 | 16.09 | |
| 1974 | 15.42 | |
| 1973 | 15.83 | |
| 1972 | 17.71 | |
| 1971 | 20.06 | |
| 1970 | 21.02 | |
| 1969 | 14.39 | |
| 1968 | 15.83 | |
| 1967 | 16.05 | |
| 1966 | 15.31 | |
| 1965 | 17.59 | |
| 1964 | 19.59 | |
| 1963 | 22.17 | |
| 1962 | 23.61 | |
| 1961 | 26.31 | |
| 1960 | 28.5 | |
| 1959 | 31.48 | |
| 1958 | 32.02 | |
| 1957 | 32.6 | |
| 1956 | 32.99 | |
| 1955 | 33.27 | |
| 1954 | 34.37 | |
| 1953 | 35 | |
| 1952 | 32.87 | |
| 1951 | 33.87 | |
| 1950 | 39.98 | |
| 1949 | 44.34 | |
| 1932 | 172.69 | |
| 1931 | 161.02 | |
| 1930 | 143.84 | |
| 1929 | 138.61 | |
| 1928 | 142.28 | |
| 1927 | 157.5 | |
| 1926 | 144.66 | |
| 1925 | 197.19 | |
| 1924 | 192.41 | |
| 1923 | 216.82 | |
| 1922 | 235.88 | |
| 1921 | 237.03 | |
| 1920 | 169.57 | |
| 1913 | 66.35 | |
| 1912 | 66.62 | |
| 1911 | 72.57 | |
| 1910 | 79.58 | |
| 1909 | 81.95 | |
| 1908 | 81.38 | |
| 1907 | 77.85 | |
| 1906 | 85.21 | |
| 1905 | 92.44 | |
| 1904 | 92.11 | |
| 1903 | 89.63 | |
| 1902 | 95.19 | |
| 1901 | 98.08 | |
| 1900 | 91.74 | |
| 1899 | 92.28 | |
| 1898 | 93.88 | |
| 1897 | 98.95 | |
| 1896 | 105.14 | |
| 1895 | 114.46 | |
| 1894 | 109.35 | |
| 1893 | 110.25 | |
| 1892 | 106.67 | |
| 1891 | 103.92 | |
| 1890 | 104.04 | |
| 1889 | 109.58 | |
| 1888 | 116.38 | |
| 1887 | 117.06 | |
| 1886 | 113.93 | |
| 1885 | 112.57 | |
| 1884 | 105.08 | |
| 1883 | 96.97 | |
| 1882 | 90.13 | |
| 1881 | 95.51 | |
| 1880 | 95.55 |
Source
Published by International Monetary Fund, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: IMF Terms and Conditions. Retrieved 2026-11-05.
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- Czechia
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- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
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- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
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- Guyana
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- India
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- Ireland
- Israel
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- Jamaica
- Japan
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- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
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- Korea, Republic of
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- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
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- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
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- Nepal
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- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
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- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
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- Peru
- Philippines
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- Russian Federation
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- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
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- Saudi Arabia
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- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
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- Solomon Islands
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- South Sudan
- Spain
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- Suriname
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- Syrian Arab Republic
- Taiwan, Province of China
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- Tanzania, United Republic of
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- Tonga
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- Tuvalu
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