France France National Debt

Subscribe to our free email alert service

NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT France 2008

Public debt went up in France

In 2008 France public debt was 1,389,402 million euros2,015,156 million dollars, has increased 120,543297,882 million since 2007.

This amount means that the debt in 2008 reached 69.7% of France GDP, a 4.3 percentage point rise from 2007, when it was 65.4% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of France debt. It has risen since 1998 in global debt terms, when it was 836,059 million euros 923,444 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 61.8%.

According to the last data point published, France per capita debt in 2008 was 21,591 euros31,315 dollars per inhabitant. In 2007 it was 19,824 euros 26,829 dollars, afterwards rising by 1,767 euros4,486 dollars, and if we again check 1998 we can see that then the debt per person was 13,898 euros15,350 dollars .

The position of France, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2008 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 165 in the list of debt to GDP and 180 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.

France: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per Capita
2008Q41,389,40269.80%€21,591
2008Q31,348,71067.80%€21,071
2008Q21,330,95767.30%€20,794
2008Q11,311,09267.00%€20,484
< Debt 2007Debt 2009 >
France: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20081,389,4022,015,15669.70%€21,591$31,315
20071,268,8591,717,27465.40%€19,824$26,829
20061,207,3131,499,39065.30%€18,969$23,559
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