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)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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