Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2014, France's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 1.7% compared to 2013, reaching 96.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 86.9%.

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 14.4% (from 84.1% in 2009).

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