In 2009 France public debt was 1,627,182 million euros2,240,375 million dollars, has increased 237,780225,219 million since 2008.
This amount means that the debt in 2009 reached 84% of France GDP, a 14.3 percentage point rise from 2008, when it was 69.7% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of France debt. It has risen since 1999 in global debt terms, when it was 856,944 million euros 904,249 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 61.2%.
According to the last data point published, France per capita debt in 2009 was 25,166 euros34,649 dollars per inhabitant. In 2008 it was 21,591 euros 31,315 dollars, afterwards rising by 3,575 euros3,334 dollars, and if we again check 1999 we can see that then the debt per person was 14,154 euros14,935 dollars .
The position of France, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2009 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 169 in the list of debt to GDP and 182 in debt per capita, out of the 190 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.