Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2006, France's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 4.1% compared to 2005, reaching 65.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 65.0%.

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 10.3% (from 59.3% in 2001).

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