FR · 2009 · gov_10dd_edpt1
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
France, 2009
In 2009, France's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data increased by 20.5% compared to 2008, reaching 84.1%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 75.7%.
France ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 25.7% (from 66.9% in 2004).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.