France Government Budget Value

Last Release

Oct 31, 2024

Actual

-157.39

Units In

EUR Billion

-173.78

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jan 14, 2025

Time to Release

1 Months 9 Days 7 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
-4.21 Jan 2000	-197.96 Nov 2023	-60.56 EUR Billion	1994-2024	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 fell to EUR 157.39 billion in the January-to-October period of 2024, down from EUR 177.71 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year. Total revenues rose 3.9% year-on-year to EUR 280.88 billion, while expenditures fell 1.6% to EUR 427.94 billion. Meanwhile, the Treasury special accounts, which track the balance of inflow and outflows targeted revenues and outlays, for example receipts from local government, recorded a shortfall of EUR 10.33 billion, compared to a gap of EUR 13.13 billion in the same period a year earlier.