Interest payments in France
France: Interest payments was 4.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in France, 1972–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
France recorded 4.2% for interest payments in 2024.
The figure is up 11.2% on the previous year and down 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in France peaked at 7.2% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 1973.
That places France 98th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Interest payments in France, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1.4% | — |
| 1973 | 1.2% | -16.3% |
| 1974 | 1.3% | +11.8% |
| 1975 | 2.2% | +68.2% |
| 1976 | 1.8% | -14.8% |
| 1977 | 2.0% | +9.2% |
| 1978 | 2.2% | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 2.3% | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 2.1% | -9.3% |
| 1981 | 3.2% | +53.4% |
| 1982 | 3.3% | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 4.3% | +31.4% |
| 1984 | 4.4% | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 4.7% | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 4.8% | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 4.5% | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 4.4% | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 4.7% | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 5.2% | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 5.4% | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 6.1% | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 6.8% | +10.6% |
| 1994 | 7.2% | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 6.9% | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 7.1% | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 7.1% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 6.9% | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 6.4% | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 6.4% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 6.3% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 6.3% | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 6.1% | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 6.0% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 5.7% | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 5.8% | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 6.1% | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 5.6% | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 5.7% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 6.0% | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 5.7% | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 5.0% | -12.9% |
| 2014 | 4.7% | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 4.4% | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 4.2% | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 3.9% | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 3.3% | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | -14.8% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 4.2% | +35.0% |
| 2023 | 3.8% | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 4.2% | +11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.8% | 1.2% | 2.3% | 8 |
| 1980s | 4.0% | 2.1% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.5% | 5.2% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.1% | 5.6% | 6.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 3.3% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 2.8% | 4.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
More public sector data for France
- Arms imports 188.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 2.74 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 56.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 188.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 943.45 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0205 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 8.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 64.67 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 222.66 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in France?
- Interest payments in France was 4.2% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2% in 1994.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 1973.
- How does France rank for interest payments?
- France ranks 98th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 53 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.