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France, is a country located at Western Europe, it has an area of 549,087 Km2.

France, with a population of 68,401,997 people, it is ranked at 21º position by population of 196 countries and has a population density of 125 people per km2.

It's capital is Paris and its currency is Euros

France is the 7º largest economy by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 3,101,443 millions of euros (3,353,590 millions of dollars), ( 110.6% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €45,341 euros per inhabitant$49,028 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in France was on June of 2024 and it was 2.1%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of France, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.903 points in 2021, leaving it in 28th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit France are business, you must know it's in the 33th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of France, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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France Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q110,533K
Annual GDP [+]2023€2,822,455M
Annual GDP [+]2023$3,051,832M
GDP per capita [+]2023€41,330
GDP per capita [+]2023$44,310
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q1€720,492M
Debt (M.€.) [+]20233,101,443
Debt ($M) [+]20233,353,590
Debt (%GDP) [+]2023110.60%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€45,341
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$49,028
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-153,952
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-166,468
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-5.50%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20231,607,398.1
Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,738,079.6
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2021131,424.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2021155,070.2
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20218.88%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2022265,699,968,000.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2022279,782,066,304.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202115.76%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202251,481.5
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202253,878.9
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20223.43%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202357.30%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€23,499
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$25,410
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€1,936
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$2,368
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€3,911
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$4,118
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€756
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$821
Moody's Rating [+]12/02/2022Aa2
S&P Rating [+]05/31/2024AA-
Fitch Rating [+]04/28/2023AA-
Corruption Index [+]202272
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201915º
Fragile States Index [+]201832.2
RTI Raking [+]2022108º
Innovation Ranking [+]201816º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]May 20247.4%
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q17.6%
Unemployed [+]2024Q12,356K
NMW [+]2024$1,952.5
NMW [+]2024€1,766.9
Average Wage [+]2023$46,969
Average Wage [+]2023€43,438
Human Capital Ranking [+]201726º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]07/26/20240.9208
10-Year Bond Yield [+]07/26/20243.11%
Risk Premium [+]07/26/202471
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]07/26/2024-0.34%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]June 20242.1%
HICP [+]June 20242.5%
PPI Year on Year [+]April 2024-6.8%
Money Market
Key rates [+]06/12/20244.25%
Business
Doing Business [+]202033º
IPI Year on Year [+]April 20241.0%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20221,529,035
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202228.26
Motor vehicle production [+]20221,383,173
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021672.91
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202247.7%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201420.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202255.6%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201889,322,000
Exports [+]2023€599,862.5M
Exports [+]2023$648,480.7M
Exports % GDP [+]202321.25%
Imports [+]2023€727,129.5M
Imports [+]2023$785,884.4M
Imports % GDP [+]202325.76%
Trade balance [+]2023€-127,266.9M
Trade balance [+]2023$-137,403.6M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-4.51%
Retail Sales YoY [+]December 2023-1.3%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201516º
Density [+]2023125
Global Peace Ranking [+]202367º
Crude divorce rate [+]20161.90‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]201725,372.4
% Immigrant [+]202012.59%
% Emigrant [+]20203.46%
Birth Rate [+]20239.90‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201721,758.0
Crude death rate [+]20239.20‰
Fertility Rate [+]20221.79
Crude marriage rate [+]20223.60‰
% risk of poverty [+]202315.4%
Population [+]202368,401,997
Immigrant stock [+]20208,524,876
Emigrant stock [+]20202,341,908
HDI [+]20210.903
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202340º
Life expectancy [+]202383.10
Suicides [+]20218,987
Suicide rate [+]202113.24
Number of homicides [+]20231,010
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20231.56
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20224.76
Annual crude oil production [+]202312
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202161.7
Consumption GWh [+]2022425,994
Generation GWh [+]2022446,291
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]07/07/2024168,091
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]07/07/202438,997,490
Fully vaccinated [+]07/10/202353,192,478
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]07/07/20242,457.40
Doses administered [+]07/10/2023154,493,266