Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

In 2021, France's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 1.8% compared to 2020, reaching 112.8%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 86.7%.

France ranks 5th 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 15.0% (from 98.1% in 2016).

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