Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in France
France: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 29.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in France, 1972–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
France recorded 29.1% for taxes on income, profits and capital gains in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in France peaked at 29.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 15.9%, in 1995.
That places France 52nd out of 153 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.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in France, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 16.7% | — |
| 1973 | 16.4% | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 19.3% | +17.4% |
| 1975 | 16.6% | -13.8% |
| 1976 | 18.0% | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 18.5% | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 17.4% | -5.9% |
| 1979 | 16.9% | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 17.5% | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 17.8% | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 17.7% | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 17.7% | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 17.6% | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 16.9% | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 17.5% | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 17.8% | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 17.1% | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 17.2% | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 17.1% | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 17.8% | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 16.9% | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 17.1% | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 17.4% | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 15.9% | -8.7% |
| 1996 | 16.7% | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 17.9% | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 23.0% | +27.9% |
| 1999 | 23.9% | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 24.9% | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 25.4% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 23.9% | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 23.4% | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 23.7% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 24.0% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 24.9% | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 24.9% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 25.4% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 22.7% | -10.7% |
| 2010 | 22.9% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 24.1% | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 25.2% | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 25.5% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 25.0% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 25.3% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 25.0% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 25.4% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 27.2% | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 28.0% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 28.6% | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 28.3% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 29.7% | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 29.3% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 29.1% | -0.8% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 29.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 24.5%, 1.2× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- France's 29.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20.9%, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in France changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +27.9% | 17.9% | 23.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 17.5% | 16.4% | 19.3% | 8 |
| 1980s | 17.5% | 16.9% | 17.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.4% | 15.9% | 23.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.3% | 22.7% | 25.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.4% | 22.9% | 28.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.0% | 28.3% | 29.7% | 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 taxes on income, profits and capital gains in France?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in France was 29.1% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 29.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.9% in 1995.
- How does France rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- France ranks 52nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. 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 Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. 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.