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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT France 2020

France national debt goes up

In 2020 France public debt was 2,662,105 million euros3,022,228 million dollars, has increased 275,972363,295 million since 2019.

This amount means that the debt in 2020 reached 114.9% of France GDP, a 17 percentage point rise from 2019, when it was 97.9% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of France debt. It has risen since 2010 in global debt terms, when it was 1,722,172 million euros 2,257,018 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 86.3%.

According to the last data point published, France per capita debt in 2020 was 39,347 euros44,670 dollars per inhabitant. In 2019 it was 35,358 euros 39,400 dollars, afterwards rising by 3,989 euros5,270 dollars, and if we again check 2010 we can see that then the debt per person was 26,504 euros34,735 dollars .

The position of France, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2020 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 170 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
2020Q42,662,105114.90%€39,347
2020Q32,677,932115.20%€39,682
2020Q22,643,359113.00%€39,169
2020Q12,444,402101.00%€36,221
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France: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20202,662,1053,022,228114.90%€39,347$44,670
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