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France: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1815–2025 · 211 observations · cgovrev_GDP

2025
18.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.7 pointsfrom 17.7%
Average, 2016–2025
19.5%10 years
Record high and low
25.3% (1985)low 7.05% (1870)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202518.4
202417.7
202318.0
202219.7
202119.4
202019.3
201919.7
201820.6
201721.1
201620.6

Sources

  • Mitchell1815–1993
  • Andersson1815–2024
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Villa1896–1938
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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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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