In 2006 France public debt was 1,207,313 million euros1,499,390 million dollars, has increased 5,84218,228 million since 2005.
This amount means that the debt in 2006 reached 65.3% of France GDP, a 2.7 percentage point fall from 2005, when it was 68% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of France debt. It has risen since 1996 in global debt terms, when it was 755,313 million euros 963,545 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 60.3%.
According to the last data point published, France per capita debt in 2006 was 18,969 euros23,559 dollars per inhabitant. In 2005 it was 19,002 euros 23,425 dollars, afterwards dropping by 33 euros 134dollars, and if we again check 1996 we can see that then the debt per person was 12,646 euros16,133 dollars .
The position of France, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2006 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 146 in the list of debt to GDP and 178 in debt per capita, out of the 189 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.