Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2013, France's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 3.2% compared to 2012, reaching 94.6%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 86.8%.

France ranks 8th 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 35.5% (from 69.8% in 2008).

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