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Government Spending / France
Public Finance

France Government Spending

Current and historical government spending data for France, including latest value (23.09), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: France
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T18:59:07+02:00
Economy Data Rating
France · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
83 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 18.4 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 16.8 / 20
External stability 14.9 / 15
Financial robustness 12.3 / 15
Structural stability 10 / 10
Future capacity 8.2 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.1 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 78% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2023 1960– 2023
1960 2023
Selected year: 2023 · Value: n/a 2023

France · general government final consumption expenditure as a percentage of gdp.

1960–2023
23.09 percent of GDP
23.87 percent of GDP
23.79 percent of GDP
8 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1972 1984 1996 2008 2020 2023
government spending rate reference line

Countries by government spending

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 37.92 high
Sweden 26.32 high
Finland 25.62 high
Iceland 25.14 high
Netherlands 24.91 high
Kuwait 24.6 medium
Belgium 23.53 medium
France 23.09 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Germany 21.06
United Kingdom 20.24
Italy 17.67
United States 13.94
China 16.63

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: NE.CON.GOVT.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T18:59:07+02:00

France Snapshot

country profile
Population 68.55 m
GDP 3160.44 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 2%
Unemployment 7.54%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

France Government Spending: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Spending for France. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: france government spending rate, government spending data france, france government spending statistics, france percent of gdp.