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France: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1815–2025 · 211 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
57.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.3 pointsfrom 57.3%
Average, 2016–2025
57.8%10 years
Record high and low
63.5% (1918)low 7.73% (1869)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203156.2Forecast
203056.6Forecast
202956.9Forecast
202857.2Forecast
202757.6Forecast
202657.2Forecast
202557.5
202457.3
202357.0
202258.4
202159.5
202061.7
201955.3
201856.3
201757.6
201657.4

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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