France recorded a Current Account deficit of 0.70 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2023. Current Account to GDP in France averaged -0.02 percent of GDP from 1980 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 3.40 percent of GDP in 1999 and a record low of -2.10 percent of GDP in 1982. source: EUROSTAT
Current Account to GDP in France is expected to reach -1.50 percent of GDP by the end of 2024, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the France Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -1.00 percent of GDP in 2025 and -0.50 percent of GDP in 2026, according to our econometric models.