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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT France 2017

The national debt increased in France

In 2017 France public debt was 2,254,331 million euros2,545,741 million dollars, has increased 65,850123,952 million since 2016.

This amount means that the debt in 2017 reached 98.1% of France GDP, a 0.1 percentage point rise from 2016, when it was 98% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of France debt. It has risen since 2007 in global debt terms, when it was 1,252,867 million euros 1,717,274 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 64.5%.

According to the last data point published, France per capita debt in 2017 was 33,634 euros37,981 dollars per inhabitant. In 2016 it was 32,757 euros 36,249 dollars, afterwards rising by 877 euros1,732 dollars, and if we again check 2007 we can see that then the debt per person was 19,574 euros26,829 dollars .

The position of France, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2017 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 173 in the list of debt to GDP and 183 in debt per capita, out of the 191 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
2017Q42,254,33198.10%€33,634
2017Q32,271,62099.80%€34,001
2017Q22,275,804100.80%€34,064
2017Q12,252,256100.30%€33,711
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France: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20172,254,3312,545,74198.10%€33,634$37,981
20162,188,4812,421,78998.00%€32,757$36,249
20152,101,2552,331,65695.60%€31,532$34,990
20142,039,8842,710,70894.90%€30,694$40,788
20131,977,7342,626,65793.40%€29,891$39,698
20121,892,5402,433,00290.60%€28,850$37,088
20111,807,9572,516,21287.80%€27,697$38,547
20101,701,1222,257,01885.30%€26,180$34,735
20091,607,9832,240,37583.00%€24,869$34,649
20081,370,3262,015,15668.80%€21,295$31,315
20071,252,8671,717,27464.50%€19,574$26,829
20061,194,1061,499,39064.60%€18,762$23,559
20051,189,9191,481,16267.40%€18,819$23,425
20041,123,6151,397,01465.90%€17,900$22,255
20031,050,3561,187,87364.40%€16,862$19,069
2002956,794904,08560.30%€15,466$14,614
2001897,446803,74458.30%€14,611$13,085
2000870,626804,45258.90%€14,277$13,192
1999847,555904,24960.50%€13,999$14,935
1998829,353923,44461.30%€13,786$15,350
1997787,775893,47461.40%€13,144$14,907
1996751,070963,54560.00%€12,575$16,133
1995696,237898,85956.10%€11,697$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