France Government Debt Over Time (1980–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Gross Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 13 / 184

Data table

1980	21.3%	1992	41.7%	2004	66.9%	2016	98.1%
1981	22.6%	1993	48.2%	2005	68.2%	2017	98.8%
1982	26.2%	1994	51.6%	2006	65.4%	2018	98.5%
1983	27.7%	1995	57.8%	2007	65.5%	2019	98.2%
1984	30.2%	1996	60.6%	2008	69.8%	2020	114.9%
1985	31.9%	1997	62%	2009	84.1%	2021	112.8%
1986	32.4%	1998	62.1%	2010	86.3%	2022	111.4%
1987	34.8%	1999	61.4%	2011	88.7%	2023	109.6%
1988	34.7%	2000	59.7%	2012	91.7%	2024	113.2%
1989	35.5%	2001	59.3%	2013	94.6%	2025	116%
1990	36.8%	2002	61.3%	2014	96.2%	2026	118.4%
1991	37.8%	2003	65.4%	2015	97%

Government Gross Debt (Local currency - EUR)

Data table

1980	95.3B	1992	467.7B	2004	1.13T	2016	2.19T
1981	114.3B	1993	546.5B	2005	1.2T	2017	2.26T
1982	151.8B	1994	605B	2006	1.21T	2018	2.32T
1983	178.3B	1995	701.6B	2007	1.27T	2019	2.39T
1984	211.2B	1996	755.6B	2008	1.39T	2020	2.66T
1985	238.8B	1997	799.4B	2009	1.63T	2021	2.83T
1986	261.7B	1998	836.1B	2010	1.72T	2022	2.96T
1987	295B	1999	856.9B	2011	1.83T	2023	3.1T
1988	318.2B	2000	880B	2012	1.92T	2024	3.31T
1989	351.3B	2001	907.7B	2013	2.01T	2025	3.46T
1990	384.1B	2002	966.8B	2014	2.07T	2026	3.61T
1991	409B	2003	1.06T	2015	2.13T

Government Net Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 3 / 86

Data table

1983	13.4%	1994	42.1%	2005	59.8%	2016	89.9%
1984	15.4%	1995	46.8%	2006	58.9%	2017	89.5%
1985	23%	1996	50.1%	2007	59.1%	2018	89.4%
1986	25.8%	1997	51.2%	2008	61.5%	2019	89%
1987	25%	1998	51.6%	2009	71.5%	2020	101.6%
1988	25.1%	1999	51.6%	2010	75.4%	2021	100.5%
1989	25.3%	2000	50.7%	2011	78.1%	2022	101.1%
1990	26.1%	2001	50.6%	2012	82%	2023	101.5%
1991	28.6%	2002	52.3%	2013	85%	2024	105%
1992	31.6%	2003	56.1%	2014	87.7%	2025	108.8%
1993	36.2%	2004	57.7%	2015	88.6%	2026	110.2%

Government Net Debt (Local currency - EUR)

Data table

1983	85.85B	1994	494.1B	2005	1.05T	2016	2.01T
1984	107.5B	1995	567.8B	2006	1.09T	2017	2.05T
1985	172.6B	1996	625.3B	2007	1.14T	2018	2.11T
1986	208.1B	1997	659.8B	2008	1.22T	2019	2.16T
1987	212B	1998	694.8B	2009	1.38T	2020	2.36T
1988	230.7B	1999	719.5B	2010	1.5T	2021	2.52T
1989	249.7B	2000	746.4B	2011	1.61T	2022	2.68T
1990	272B	2001	774.6B	2012	1.71T	2023	2.87T
1991	309.9B	2002	825.8B	2013	1.8T	2024	3.07T
1992	354.5B	2003	910.7B	2014	1.89T	2025	3.25T
1993	410.7B	2004	979.4B	2015	1.95T	2026	3.36T