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France: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1815–2025 · 194 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−4.30%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.9 pointsfrom −5.20%
Average, 2016–2025
−4.53%10 years
Record high and low
3.05% (1974)low −13.7% (1922)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Report error
-15%-10%-5%0%5%1850190019502000FranceFrance
Percent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-4.30
2024-5.20
2023-5.40
2022-5.00
2021-5.80
2020-6.70
2019-2.80
2018-2.80
2017-3.60
2016-3.70

Sources

  • Mitchell1815–1993
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Villa1896–1938
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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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