France Government Budget Value

Last Release

Feb 28, 2025

Actual

-40.3

Units In

EUR Billion

-17.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

May 02, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 1 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
-4.21 Jan 2000	-197.96 Nov 2023	-60.95 EUR Billion	1994-2025	N/A

The government budget balance is the difference between government revenues and expenses, including the treasure special component. The budget is balanced when outlays equal to receipts, the country reports budget surplus when revenues are higher than expenses and deficit when expenses exceed the revenues.

Latest Updates

France’s government budget deficit narrowed to EUR 40.3 billion in February 2025 from EUR 44.0 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year. Total revenues rose 12.6% year-on-year to EUR 45.2 billion, while expenditures increased at a softer 3.6% to EUR 77.8 billion. Meanwhile, the Treasury special accounts, which track the balance of inflows and outflows for targeted and outlays, for example receipts from local government, recorded a shortfall of EUR 7.7 billion, compared to a gap of EUR 9.1 billion in the same period a year earlier.