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France: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1850–2025 · 163 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
−0.274%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.0 pointsfrom −0.226%
Average, 2016–2025
−0.562%10 years
Record high and low
7.50% (1865)low −21.9% (1919)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-25%-20%-15%-10%-5%0%5%10%18501875190019251950197520002025FranceFrance
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Current account (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20310.425Forecast
20300.51Forecast
20290.351Forecast
20280.222Forecast
2027-0.204Forecast
2026-0.0955Forecast
2025-0.274
2024-0.226
2023-0.995
2022-1.17
20210.277
2020-2.05
20190.597
2018-0.698
2017-0.546
2016-0.528

Sources

  • Jones & Obstfeld1850–1939
  • Mitchell1860–1938
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • WDI (archive)1975–1997
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1975–1998
  • OECD Economic Outlook1975–2025
  • World Development Indicators1975–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1999–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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