World Bank · Financial Sector
France: International debt issues to GDP
67.48percent · 2020+4.7% since 2010
Total value of outstanding international debt issues both public and private, as a share of GDP. Offshore bank loan data from BIS Statistical Appendix Table 12A (Amount Outstanding): International debt securities - all issuers. Annual figures for France from 1980 to 2020.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 67.479 | |
| 2019 | 59.79 | |
| 2018 | 57.244 | |
| 2017 | 63.267 | |
| 2016 | 59.925 | |
| 2015 | 60.779 | |
| 2014 | 58.576 | |
| 2013 | 65.109 | |
| 2012 | 66.815 | |
| 2011 | 61.273 | |
| 2010 | 64.44 | |
| 2009 | 62.76 | |
| 2008 | 50.222 | |
| 2007 | 53.652 | |
| 2006 | 49.435 | |
| 2005 | 39.688 | |
| 2004 | 39.844 | |
| 2003 | 36.628 | |
| 2002 | 31.719 | |
| 2001 | 26.298 | |
| 2000 | 20.837 | |
| 1999 | 15.791 | |
| 1998 | 13.295 | |
| 1997 | 11.09 | |
| 1996 | 10.163 | |
| 1995 | 9.802 | |
| 1994 | 10.408 | |
| 1993 | 9.681 | |
| 1992 | 8.64 | |
| 1991 | 8.918 | |
| 1990 | 7.683 | |
| 1989 | 7.761 | |
| 1988 | 7.095 | |
| 1987 | 6.689 | |
| 1986 | 6.307 | |
| 1985 | 7.114 | |
| 1984 | 6.059 | |
| 1983 | 4.801 | |
| 1982 | 3.779 | |
| 1981 | 2.575 | |
| 1980 | 2.066 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by BIS. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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- Kazakhstan
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- Korea, Republic of
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- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
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- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
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- Morocco
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- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
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- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
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- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
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