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France: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

France documentation (PDF)

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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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