France — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · 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. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

France's current account reading was −0.11% of GDP in 2025. The period change from −0.23% of GDP in 2024 was +0.12 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of −0.55% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
20300.04 % of GDP
2029-0.05 % of GDP
2028-0.16 % of GDP
2027-0.24 % of GDP
2026-0.1 % of GDP
15 earlier values
2025-0.11 % of GDP
2024-0.23 % of GDP
2023-0.99 % of GDP
2022-1.17 % of GDP
20210.28 % of GDP
2020-2.05 % of GDP
20190.6 % of GDP
2018-0.7 % of GDP
2017-0.55 % of GDP
2016-0.53 % of GDP
2015-0.32 % of GDP
2014-0.91 % of GDP
2013-0.61 % of GDP
2012-0.97 % of GDP
2011-0.86 % of GDP

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

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.