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France: Inflation

Percent · 1500–2025 · 514 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
0.944%percent
Change on 2024
−1.5 pointsfrom 2.41%
Average, 2016–2025
2.24%10 years
Record high and low
67.4% (1709)low −32.4% (1547)

Inflation

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-40%-20%0%20%40%60%80%150016001700180019002000FranceFrance
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20311.81Forecast
20301.91Forecast
20291.87Forecast
20281.86Forecast
20271.72Forecast
20261.80Forecast
20250.944
20242.41
20235.66
20225.91
20212.07
20200.524
20191.30
20182.10
20171.16
20160.305

Sources

  • Clio Infra1500–2010
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1800–2014
  • Mitchell1841–2009
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1871–2020
  • Ngakegni1877–1990
  • Flandreau & Zumer1881–1913
  • Bordo1881–1997
  • Historical Financial Statistics1921–1938
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1926–1936
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1951–2025
  • Bank for International Settlements1952–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1956–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1991–2025
  • Eurostat1996–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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