FR · 2002 · gov_10dd_edpt1
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
France, 2002
In 2002, France's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 3.4% compared to 2001, reaching 61.3%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 65.6%.
France ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.1% (from 62.0% in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.