Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2007, France's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 0.2% compared to 2006, reaching 65.5%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 62.4%.

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 6.9% (from 61.3% in 2002).

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