FR · 2001 · gov_10dd_edpt1
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
France, 2001
In 2001, France's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 0.7% compared to 2000, reaching 59.3%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 65.8%.
France ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.1% (from 60.6% in 1996).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.