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France is the 2nd-largest economy in the EU, a GDP of €3.0T (2025) and a per-capita output of €43.4k, a median age of 42.8 years. Member of the European Union since 1958.

402 Eurostat indicators across 15 topics, with full year-by-year history.

Population

68.9M

2025 · rank 2/27

GDP (current prices)

€3.0T

2025 · rank 2/27

GDP per capita

€43.4k

2025 · rank 10/27

Median age

42.8yrs

2025 · rank 19/27

Country at a glance

France is a western europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Paris. The country joined the European Communities in 1958 as one of the six founding member states. Economically, France is the EU's second-largest economy, with a diversified industrial base (aerospace, automotive, luxury goods), a large public sector and global agricultural exports. The country has used the euro since 1999, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. French is the official language and the country is divided into 13 NUTS-1 statistical regions for the purposes of Eurostat reporting. On Eurostat's headline indicators, France is currently 2nd-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.

Key insights

How France stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.

  • Public debt 115.6% of GDP — 3rd highest in EU
  • Among the top 1 EU destinations for first-time asylum applications (26k)

France vs EU-27

Flagship indicators alongside the EU-27 average and France's rank across covered member states.

IndicatorFREU-27 avgΔRankYear
Gross domestic product (GDP) and main components per capita - annual data€43,350€41,620+4%10/272025
Gross domestic product (GDP) and main components (output, expenditure and income) - annual data€2,979,085M€18,810,682M-84%2/272025
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data7.7%6.0%+28%5/272025
Employment rates by citizenship66.9%66.6%+0%20/272025
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex16.3%16.3%+0%11/272025
Life expectancy by age and sex83.081.5+2%7/272024
Population structure indicators at national level42.844.9-5%19/272025
Fertility indicators1.611.34+20%2/272024
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data115.6%81.7%+41%3/272025
Share of energy from renewable sources23.2%25.2%-8%14/272024
Population in private households by educational attainment level44.9%36.9%+22%9/272025
GERD by sector of performance2.2%2.2%-3%8/272024

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for France, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

Economy & national accounts

35 indicators

Public finance & taxation

12 indicators

Labour & employment

44 indicators

Demography & population

47 indicators

Income, poverty & living conditions

123 indicators

Migration & asylum

25 indicators

Education

3 indicators

Health

24 indicators

Justice & crime

7 indicators

Environment & climate

15 indicators

Energy

11 indicators

Digital society & ICT

26 indicators

Science, R&D, patents

8 indicators

Transport

3 indicators

Tourism

19 indicators

More data on France

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (402 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API

Pour les données publiques nationales (fiscalité, prestations sociales, comparaisons régionales), visitez donnees-publiques.fr. donnees-publiques.fr