France - Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) in France was 43.25 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 44.59 in 2017, while its lowest value was 31.37 in 1973.

Definition: Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1972 32.20
1973 31.37
1974 33.04
1975 33.03
1976 34.77
1977 34.42
1978 34.38
1979 35.77
1980 37.53
1981 38.09
1982 38.49
1983 38.70
1984 39.14
1985 39.45
1986 38.82
1987 39.21
1988 38.47
1989 38.10
1990 38.18
1991 38.63
1992 38.36
1993 38.33
1994 38.55
1995 42.57
1996 43.59
1997 43.58
1998 43.16
1999 43.66
2000 42.81
2001 43.07
2002 42.37
2003 41.85
2004 41.81
2005 42.15
2006 42.54
2007 42.01
2008 41.97
2009 41.42
2010 42.90
2011 42.60
2012 43.44
2013 44.44
2014 44.57
2015 44.29
2016 44.10
2017 44.59
2018 44.26
2019 43.25

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance