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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.

19812020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202067.479
201959.79
201857.244
201763.267
201659.925
201560.779
201458.576
201365.109
201266.815
201161.273
201064.44
200962.76
200850.222
200753.652
200649.435
200539.688
200439.844
200336.628
200231.719
200126.298
200020.837
199915.791
199813.295
199711.09
199610.163
19959.802
199410.408
19939.681
19928.64
19918.918
19907.683
19897.761
19887.095
19876.689
19866.307
19857.114
19846.059
19834.801
19823.779
19812.575
19802.066

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Published by World Bank, produced by BIS. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). International debt issues to GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-international-debt-issues-to-gdp (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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