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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT France 2019

France national debt goes up

In 2019 France public debt was 2,386,133 million euros2,658,933 million dollars, has increased 66,35871,373 million since 2018.

This amount means that the debt in 2019 reached 97.9% of France GDP, a 0.3 percentage point fall from 2018, when it was 98.2% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of France debt. It has risen since 2009 in global debt terms, when it was 1,627,182 million euros 2,240,375 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 84%.

According to the last data point published, France per capita debt in 2019 was 35,358 euros39,400 dollars per inhabitant. In 2018 it was 34,474 euros 40,575 dollars, afterwards rising by 884 euros1,175 dollars, and if we again check 2009 we can see that then the debt per person was 25,166 euros34,649 dollars .

The position of France, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2019 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 172 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
2019Q42,386,13397.90%€35,358
2019Q32,419,10999.80%€35,950
2019Q22,377,93899.00%€35,338
2019Q12,361,16999.20%€35,089
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France: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20192,386,1332,658,93397.90%€35,358$39,400
20182,319,7752,730,30698.20%€34,474$40,575
20172,262,4432,545,74198.50%€33,755$37,981
20162,190,0072,421,78998.00%€32,780$36,249
20152,134,0712,331,65697.10%€32,025$34,990
20142,070,5792,710,70896.30%€31,156$40,788
20132,004,7042,626,65794.70%€30,298$39,698
20121,915,8352,433,00291.70%€29,205$37,088
20111,830,1362,516,21288.90%€28,036$38,547
20101,722,1722,257,01886.30%€26,504$34,735
20091,627,1822,240,37584.00%€25,166$34,649
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