French economy pocket atlas – May 2025

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This section provides a monthly overview of the main economic data for France and a comparison with other European countries.

In addition to the comparative table, which presents the key economic data for each economy studied (France, Eurozone, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom), other summary tables of indicators enrich the comparison.

Population, employment and the labour market data: number of inhabitants, unemployment rate, participation rate,monthly minimum wage, effective working hours, etc. Data are provided by the European Commission (AMECO), Eurostat, Insee (France), the OECD and the ONS (United Kingdom).

Activity data by economic sectors: market and non-market services, industry (energy and manufacturing sectors excluding construction), private consumption, business investment (gross fixed capital formation in the private sector excluding housing), exports of goods and services. Data are from the national accounts (baseline year: 2015). They are provided by the European Commission (AMECO), Eurostat, Insee (France)and the OECD.

General government data: fiscal balance, total spending, debt service, public debt (Maastricht definition). These data are provided by the European Commission, Eurostat and Insee.

External accounts data. These are provided by the European Commission, Eurostat and Central banks.

Data on inflation (harmonised consumer prices from Eurostat), credit (consumers and companies) and interest rates. These data are provided by the European Commission, Eurostat and Central Banks.

Data on the accounts of non-financial companies are provided by Eurostat: wages, gross wages, social security contributions, gross operating income, gross disposable income, investment, self-financing ratio.

Household accounts data: GDP per capita, harmonised unemployment rate, consumer spending, credit, gross savings, disposable income, private consumption deflator. These data are from Eurostat and ONS.

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