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General profile: France

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
66.439 Millions
..
3 036 216 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(q) 547 557 km²
5.66 %
0.90 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+4.5 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
463 428
523 767
506 264
648 569
Merchandise imports
504 124
611 070
570 758
786 158
Merchandise trade balance
-40 696
-87 303
-64 494
-137 590
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
4 %4 %78 %78 %5 %5 %13 %13 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
86 45257 39152 22148 33145 54186 45257 39152 22148 33145 541
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
156 639
202 306
255 711
360 095
Services imports
133 994
181 837
233 413
320 155
Services trade balance
22 644
20 469
22 298
39 940
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
-
21.3
16.4
18.4
Travel
-
23.2
22.8
19.1
Other services
-
51.1
54.5
54.7
TRADE INDICES
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9189908410099991001009695969898931061101109693979997979810010098979798102106103105105
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+0.9 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
2 196 071
2 642 610
2 438 208
3 036 216
GDP per capita, current US$
35 636
41 670
37 559
45 699
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
1.66
1.95
1.11
0.90
Current account balance, % of GDP
0.10
-0.63
-0.37
-0.75
Exchange rate (/US$)
0.804
0.754
0.901
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
53.424.026.534.738.653.424.026.534.738.6
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+2.4 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
33 228.73
13 890.09
45 816.20
42 031.59
FDI outflows
68 057.01
48 154.81
81 080.59
72 355.89
Personal remittances, % of GDP
..
..
..
..
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
42 03275 97934 10913 17420 42634 67129 30023 90445 81652227 31016 06231 64213 89030 73337 59363 50025 32633 229-2 5747 85521 51415 94727 495FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
0.14
-1.64
-0.40
-1.57
Balance, % of imports
0.53
-5.76
-1.23
-4.33
Normalized balance
0.003
-0.030
-0.006
-0.022
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
71766458666765646461616160555158575754
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 82%Urban 82%Rural 18%Rural 18%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.362 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
6 311
8 822
6 498
8 239
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
3 915 704
4 463 203
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
..
..
..
..
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
..
..
..
..
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
q
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 11 October 2024