France — Current account

millions of LCU · Annual · 1850–2030 · 168 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero.

For France, the current account reading stood at −3.18B LCU in 2025. Against −6.61B LCU in 2024, the period change was +3.43B LCU. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −0.11% in 2025.

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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
20301.44B LCU
2029-1.80B LCU
2028-5.34B LCU
2027-7.59B LCU
2026-2.96B LCU
15 earlier values
2025-3.18B LCU
2024-6.61B LCU
2023-28.11B LCU
2022-31.10B LCU
20216.94B LCU
2020-47.60B LCU
201914.53B LCU
2018-16.44B LCU
2017-12.53B LCU
2016-11.79B LCU
2015-7.16B LCU
2014-19.67B LCU
2013-12.92B LCU
2012-20.15B LCU
2011-17.69B LCU

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.