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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product^f (million current US$)	2 442 483	2 647 926	3 051 832^c
GDP growth rate^f (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.1	-7.4	0.9^c
GDP per capita^f (current US$)	36 411.0	38 881.0	44 451.0^c
Economy: Agriculture^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	1.7	1.6	1.9^c
Economy: Industry^g,i (% of Gross Value Added)	19.4	18.3	20.6^c
Economy: Services and other activity^g,j (% of GVA)	79	80	77.5^c
Employment in agriculture^k (% of employed)	2.7	2.4	2.5^c
Employment in industry^k (% of employed)	20.4	20	19.2^c
Employment in services^k (% employed)	76.9	77.7	78.2^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	10.4	8	7.4^k
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	51.0 / 60.7	50.0 / 58.9	51.5 / 59.3^k
CPI: Consumer Price Index^l,m (2010=100)	106	111	126^e
Agricultural production index^f (2014-2016=100)	102	94	95^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	493 941	487 987	645 959^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	563 398	580 806	762 045^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 69 457	- 92 818	- 116 086^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 8 171	- 53 042	12 382^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	0.3	0.3	0.2^a
Urban population (% of total population)	79.7	80.7^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.8ⁿ	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	1.9	1.8	1.6^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	85.2 / 79.0	85.1 / 79.2	86.3 / 80.7^a
Population age distribution^b,o (0-14/60+ years old, %)	18.2 / 25.0	17.4 / 26.9	16.2 / 28.8^a
International migrant stock^p,q (000/% of total pop.)	7 978.1 / 12.3	8 610.7 / 13.1	9 186.8 / 13.8^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	320.1	524.9	762.4^r,e
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	4.3	4	3.7^a
Health: Current expenditure^s (% of GDP)	11.4	12.1	11.9^t
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.2	3.3	3.3^t
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^k (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.7 / 102.3	102.4 / 102.9	102.5 / 102.9^t
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^k (f/m per 100 pop.)	100.5 / 101.0	101.5 / 102.0	100.7 / 100.8^t
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^k (f/m per 100 pop.)	108.6 / 105.4	108.9 / 107.8	109.7 / 108.2^t
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.6	1	1.3^c
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	26.2	39.5^u	36.2^u

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	78^v	84.7^k	86.8^v,c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	2.2	2.3	2.2^w
Threatened species (number)	236	366	518^e
Forested area (% of land area)	30.7	31.5	31.8^t
CO2 emission estimates^x (million tons/tons per capita)	308.7 / 4.6	256.1 / 3.8	274.6 / 4.0^t
Energy production, primary^x (Petajoules)	5 775	4 973	4 318^t
Energy supply per capita^x (Gigajoules)	157	133	129^t
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	84 452	41 684^k	48 395^k,w
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	75.7	79.6	81.1^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	99.0 / 98.4	99.8 / 98.4	100.0 / 98.4^t
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^y (% of GNI)	0.05	0.78	0.61^c

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for France do not include overseas departments and collectives.
c		2023
d		2019
e		2024
f		Including French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
i		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
j		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
k		Estimate.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
m		All households. Metropolitan France and overseas departments.
n		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
o		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
p		For statistical purposes, the foreign-born population includes persons born in French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), and Wallis and Futuna Islands.
q		Including refugees.
r		The decrease in the stateless population in France between 2023 and mid-2024 is due to de-duplication of figures reported in previous years.
s		Data are based on SHA2011.
t		2022
u		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
v		Population aged 15 years and over.
w		2021
x		From 2011 onwards, data include Monaco, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion. Exclude the overseas collectivities.
y		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).