France (2025)
2.2
% of GDP
+0.2pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.2pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
26
years of data

Data

France Government Interest Expenditure (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 2.2 +0.2pp
2024 2 +0.1pp
2023 1.9 unchanged
2022 1.9 +0.5pp
2021 1.4 +0.1pp
2020 1.3 -0.2pp
2019 1.5 -0.3pp
2018 1.8 unchanged
2017 1.8 -0.1pp
2016 1.9 -0.1pp
2015 2 -0.2pp
2014 2.2 -0.1pp
2013 2.3 -0.3pp
2012 2.6 -0.1pp
2011 2.7 +0.2pp
2010 2.5 unchanged
2009 2.5 -0.4pp
2008 2.9 +0.2pp
2007 2.7 +0.1pp
2006 2.6 -0.1pp

About this Dataset

France recorded 2.2 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was +0.2pp. Across 2000–2025 the series ranges from 1.3 in 2020 to 3.1 in 2001.

This page tracks general government interest expenditure as a share of GDP in France from 2000 to present.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks general government interest expenditure as a share of GDP in France from 2000 to present. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations).

The series peaked at 3.1 % of GDP in 2001 and reached its lowest recorded value of 1.3 in 2020. The latest reading of 2.2 in 2025 represents a change of +0.2pp.