The data displays the national debt of France from 2012 to 2016, with projections up until 2022. In 2016, the national debt of France amounted to around 2.51 trillion USD. For comparison, the Greek debt amounted to approx. 360 billion euro that same year.
French national debt and developments in taxationFrance currently has one of the highest national debt levels of any of the world’s nations. Debt in the European Union’s second biggest economy is currently at around 97% of GDP. The cost of interest on the country’s debt alone comes in at over 1,600 euros per second; every man, woman and child in France, of which there are 65.
