Commercial users: see the World Economic Database from our partners at Anansi Data Analytics

France: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1880–2025 · 133 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
116.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.9 pointsfrom 113.2%
Average, 2016–2025
107.2%10 years
Record high and low
212.0% (1921)low 19.1% (1969)

General government debt (% of GDP)

Report error
0%50%100%150%200%250%18801900192019401960198020002020FranceFrance
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of General government debt (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031121.5Forecast
2030121.9Forecast
2029122.1Forecast
2028121.9Forecast
2027121.3Forecast
2026119.2Forecast
2025116.2
2024113.2
2023109.8
2022111.4
2021112.8
2020114.9
201998.2
201898.5
201798.8
201698.1

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1880–2015
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1880–2020
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1880–2023
  • AMECO (European Commission)1977–2025
  • IMF Global Debt Database1978–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1995–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

Compare these sources →

France documentation (PDF)

More for France

Real GDP per capita (USD)Nominal GDPReal GDPInflationUnemployment rateGovernment debt (% of GDP)All 76 series →

General government debt (% of GDP) elsewhere

United StatesChinaJapanGermanyUnited KingdomIndia

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 →

GMD release 2026_09 · License & terms