Date: September 23, 2025 04:35 AM -0700 (PDT). Source: https://www.investing.com/rates-bonds/world-government-bonds
Overview of Public Debt Statistics
Data
Sovereign rates
5Y, 10Y, 30Y
10Y, 30Y, ratings
Date: September 23, 2025 04:35 AM -0700 (PDT). Source: https://www.investing.com/rates-bonds/world-government-bonds
Public debt data
Fiscal Monitor
ig_d("imf", "G_XWDG_G01_GDP_PT", "FRA-DEU-USA-ITA-JPN")
U.S.
Public deficit
Last
ig_d("fred", "saving", "US-deficit-GDP")
1947-
ig_d("fred", "saving", "US-deficit-GDP-1947")
1999-
ig_d("fred", "saving", "US-deficit-GDP-1999")
Europe
Debt to GDP ratios (years)
Last
ig_d("eurostat", "gov_10q_ggdebt", "GD-US-UK-FR-JP-IT")
2015-
ig_d("eurostat", "gov_10q_ggdebt", "GD-US-UK-FR-JP-IT-2015")
2015- (%)
ig_d("eurostat", "gov_10q_ggdebt", "GD-US-UK-FR-JP-IT-2015-percent")
Other countries
ig_d("eurostat", "gov_10q_ggdebt", "NL-LU-DK-SE-FR")
Deficits
Portugal, Greece, Germany, Euro area
All
ig_d("eurostat", "gov_10dd_edpt1", "FR-DE-IT-ES-NL-B9")
Interest rates
Germany, Italy, France, Spain
ig_d("eurostat", "ei_mfir_m", "MF-LTGBY-RT-FR-DE-IT-ES-2005")
Portugal, Greece, Germany, Euro area
ig_d("eurostat", "ei_mfir_m", "MF-LTGBY-RT-EA-DE-PT-EL-2014")
IMF
Primary and Total Deficits
Total deficit
United States, France, Europe
ig_d("imf", "GGXCNL_G01_GDP_PT", "U2-US-FR-2010")
United States, France, Europe
ig_d("imf", "GGXCNL_G01_GDP_PT", "U2-US-FR-2010")
Euopean countries, U.S.
All
ig_d("imf", "GGXCNL_G01_GDP_PT", "IT-FR-DE-ES-US")
2010-
ig_d("imf", "GGXCNL_G01_GDP_PT", "IT-FR-DE-ES-US-2010")
France, Germany, U.S., E.U.
All
ig_d("imf", "GGXCNL_G01_GDP_PT", "FR-DE-US-U2")
2005-
ig_d("imf", "GGXCNL_G01_GDP_PT", "FR-DE-US-U2-2008")
Primary deficit
Euopean countries, U.S.
ig_d("imf", "GGXCNL_G01_GDP_PT", "IT-FR-DE-ES-US")
Public Debt
Long Period
ig_d("imf", "HPDD", "US-UK-FR-JP-IT")
Long Period
ig_d("imf", "HPDD", "US-UK-FR-JP-IT")
OECD
France, United States
ig_d("oecd", "QASA_TABLE7PSD", "SAFGD-CXCAR-FRA-USA-log")
France, UK, Italy, Canada
ig_d("oecd", "QASA_TABLE7PSD", "SAFGD-CXCAR-FRA-GBR-ITA-CAN")
France
Trajectory (Source: Oxford Economics)
ig_b("debt", "france-trajectory-march2024")
Charge d’intérêt
ig_d("insee", "T_3201", "line7")
Déficit primaire VS total
Tous
ig_d("insee", "t_compteapu_val", "PIB-D41-B9NF")
2005-
ig_d("insee", "t_compteapu_val", "PIB-D41-B9NF-2005")
Charge d’intérêt
ig_d("insee", "t_compteapu_val", "PIB-D41")
Rating agencies
Risk weights
ig_b("bis", "CRE20", "sovereign-rating")
Détention par les non-résidents de la dette / CAC40
Detention
ig_d("bdf", "DET", "detention-non-residents")
Datasets
| source | dataset | Title | .html | .RData |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eurostat | ei_mfir_m | Interest rates - monthly data | 2025-08-25 | 2025-08-24 |
| eurostat | gov_10q_ggdebt | Quarterly government debt | 2025-08-25 | 2025-08-24 |
| fred | r | Interest Rates | 2025-08-25 | 2025-08-24 |
| fred | saving | Saving - saving | 2025-08-25 | 2025-08-24 |
| gfd | debt | Debt | 2021-08-22 | 2021-03-01 |
| imf | FM | Fiscal Monitor | 2025-08-25 | 2020-03-13 |
| imf | GGXCNL_G01_GDP_PT | Net lending/borrowing (also referred as overall balance) (% of GDP) | 2025-08-25 | 2025-08-05 |
| imf | GGXONLB_G01_GDP_PT | Primary net lending/borrowing (also referred as primary balance) (% of GDP) | 2025-08-25 | 2025-08-05 |
| imf | GGXWDN_G01_GDP_PT | Net debt (% of GDP) | 2025-08-25 | 2025-07-27 |
| imf | HPDD | NA | NA | NA |
| oecd | QASA_TABLE7PSD | Quarterly Sector Accounts - Public Sector Debt, consolidated, nominal value | 2024-09-15 | 2025-05-24 |
| wdi | GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS | Central government debt, total (% of GDP) | 2023-06-18 | 2025-08-24 |
| wdi | GC.XPN.INTP.CN | Interest payments (current LCU) | 2023-06-18 | 2025-08-24 |
| wdi | GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS | Interest payments (% of revenue) | 2023-06-18 | 2025-08-24 |
| wdi | GC.XPN.INTP.ZS | Interest payments (% of expense) | 2025-08-25 | 2025-08-24 |
Bibliography
English
“The Interest Burden on Public Debt, or the Myth of the Financial Abyss”, Marianne, F. Geerolf, January 2025. [ html] [ pdf] [ github]
“The Inflation Tax, Purchasing Power, the Savings Rate, and the Public Deficit”, F. Geerolf, Working Paper, July 2024. [ html] [ pdf] [ github]
“Reassessing Dynamic Efficiency”, F. Geerolf, September 2018. [ pdf] [ Ph.D. version (2013)] [ thesis]
“Bubbles and Asset Supply”, F. Geerolf, Ph.D Dissertation, July 2013. Referees: M. Emmanuel Farhi, M. Jean Tirole. President: M. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas. Advisor: M. Philippe Martin. [ pdf]
French
« La charge d’intérêt sur la dette publique, ou le mythe du gouffre financier », Marianne, F. Geerolf, janvier 2025. [ html] [ pdf] [ github]
« La taxe inflationniste, le pouvoir d’achat, le taux d’épargne et le déficit public », F. Geerolf, Document de travail, juillet 2024. [ html] [ pdf] [ github]
Débat avec François Ecalle dans Le Monde, janvier 2025: “La dette publique est-elle vraiment alarmante ? L’avis contrasté de deux experts.” [ pdf] [ html]
« La dette publique est-elle un problème ? » F. Geerolf & P. Jacquet, Politique étrangère, 2021/2 (Été), 79-92. [ pdf] [ html]
« La dette publique est-elle un problème ? » F. Geerolf & P. Jacquet, Politique étrangère, 2021/2 (Été), 79-92. [ pdf] [ html]