France Government Budget Value

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

-94

Units In

EUR Billion

-69.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Aug 05, 2025

Time to Release

1 Months 1 Days 7 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
-4.21 Jan 2000	-197.96 Nov 2023	-61.03 EUR Billion	1994-2025	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 narrowed to EUR 94 billion in May 2025 from EUR 113.5 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year. Total revenues rose by 8.9% year-on-year to EUR 141.0 billion, while expenditures declined 3.3% to EUR 214.5 billion. Meanwhile, the Treasury special accounts, which track the balance of inflows and outflows for targeted and outlays, for example receipts from local government, recorded a shortfall of EUR 20.5 billion, compared to a gap of EUR 21.3 billion in the same period a year earlier.