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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT France 2005

Public debt went up in France

In 2005 France public debt was 1,201,471 million euros1,481,162 million dollars, has increased 67,12484,148 million since 2004.

This amount means that the debt in 2005 reached 68% of France GDP, a 1.4 percentage point rise from 2004, when it was 66.6% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of France debt. It has risen since 1995 in global debt terms, when it was 714,689 million euros 898,859 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 57.6%.

According to the last data point published, France per capita debt in 2005 was 19,002 euros23,425 dollars per inhabitant. In 2004 it was 18,071 euros 22,255 dollars, afterwards rising by 931 euros1,170 dollars, and if we again check 1995 we can see that then the debt per person was 12,007 euros15,101 dollars .

The position of France, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2005 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 137 in the list of debt to GDP and 178 in debt per capita, out of the 188 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in France. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about France in economy of France.

France: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per Capita
2005Q41,201,47168.20%€19,002
2005Q31,183,00967.80%€18,846
2005Q21,176,90168.10%€18,749
2005Q11,157,64367.70%€18,442
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France: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20051,201,4711,481,16268.00%€19,002$23,425
20041,134,3471,397,01466.60%€18,071$22,255
20031,060,4061,187,87365.00%€17,023$19,069
2002966,823904,08560.90%€15,628$14,614
2001907,673803,74459.00%€14,777$13,085
2000880,005804,45259.50%€14,431$13,192
1999856,944904,24961.20%€14,154$14,935
1998836,059923,44461.80%€13,898$15,350
1997793,024893,47461.80%€13,231$14,907
1996755,313963,54560.30%€12,646$16,133
1995714,689898,85957.60%€12,007$15,101
1994588,600696,74849.89%€9,923$11,747
1993531,700616,48246.55%€8,996$10,430
1992454,900564,86940.22%€7,725$9,593
1991398,200464,54436.48%€6,795$7,927
1990374,900452,79035.59%€6,429$7,765
1989343,400353,40734.44%€5,918$6,090
1988311,200343,37733.64%€5,395$5,952
1987288,300314,95333.68%€5,027$5,492
1986255,000241,92831.30%€4,471$4,242
1985232,600171,16330.70%€4,099$3,017
1984205,700154,87629.09%€3,643$2,743
1983173,600150,11226.69%€3,090$2,672
1982148,600149,11425.36%€2,657$2,667
1981112,400136,41722.04%€2,022$2,454
198094,100146,27120.83%€1,751$2,722
France: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

France: Evolution of debt in millions