Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2005, France's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 1.9% compared to 2004, reaching 68.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 67.2%.

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 grown by 14.2% (from 59.7% in 2000).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.