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France: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2024 · 122 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
94.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+2.7 pointsfrom 91.6%
Average, 2015–2024
86.4%10 years
Record high and low
269.9% (1922)low 13.3% (1980)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202494.3
202391.6
202292.0
202192.1
202093.3
201981.6
201881.2
201780.2
201679.2
201578.1

Sources

  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1880–2010
  • Villa1896–1931
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024

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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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