What is the primary source for France GDP growth data?

The primary source for France GDP growth and quarterly national accounts is INSEE, the French national statistics institute.

How far back do the France quarterly GDP series go?

The quarterly GDP and national accounts series for France are available starting from the first year of 1949.

What components of demand are included in the France quarterly GDP table?

The France quarterly GDP table includes final domestic demand, household consumption expenditures, government collective consumption, gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), changes in inventories, and exports and imports.

Are the France quarterly GDP figures seasonally adjusted?

Yes, the quarterly GDP and value added series for France are published as seasonally and working-day adjusted (SA-WDA) series, as well as in chain-linked volumes.

France GDP growth and quarterly accounts

Name: France GDP growth and quarterly accounts
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France GDP growth and quarterly national accounts from INSEE, including demand components.

Source: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM)Last updated: Sep 14, 2026, 13:24Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	Q2-2026	Q1-2026	Q4-2025	Q3-2025	Q2-2025	Q1-2025	Q4-2024	Q3-2024	Q2-2024	Q1-2024	Q4-2023	Q3-2023	Q2-2023
Levels49
Change in inventories - Contribution to GDP growth - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	-0.73	0.93	-0.51	-0.53	0.37	0.58	-0.28	0.62	-0.18	-0.22	-0.22	-0.08	-0.28
Payroll paid - Total branches - Values at current prices - SA series	285,718	284,740	283,631	282,760	282,077	280,842	280,043	278,834	277,378	275,395	274,072	270,397	267,825
Employers' social contributions paid - Total branches - Values at current prices - SA series	86,226	85,701	84,326	83,326	83,026	82,255	81,211	80,903	80,062	79,267	78,230	77,312	76,143
Imputed social contributions - Total branches - Values at current prices - SA series	18,671	18,614	18,552	18,505	18,469	18,435	18,188	18,146	18,093	18,008	17,324	17,230	17,137
Taxes on labor paid - Total branches - Values at current prices - SA series	15,304	15,294	15,062	15,091	15,027	14,896	14,700	14,564	14,551	14,317	13,994	13,724	13,657
Other paid miscellaneous taxes on production - Total branches - Values at current prices - SA series	18,372	18,851	18,015	18,137	18,097	18,475	18,266	17,822	17,783	17,945	19,853	18,639	18,417
Operating subsidies - Total branches - Values at current prices - SA series	-12,502	-12,551	-12,632	-12,591	-12,628	-12,344	-12,277	-11,978	-11,569	-11,363	-11,621	-11,166	-11,252
Total final domestic demand - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	763,180	761,563	753,238	753,881	753,420	749,376	739,937	742,595	732,643	731,949	731,034	726,773	719,307
Total final domestic demand - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	654,876	658,402	653,981	655,903	657,223	653,634	649,776	651,250	645,435	646,272	646,931	649,305	647,204
Total final domestic demand excluding stocks - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	765,187	757,537	755,964	752,692	748,054	745,722	741,484	740,901	736,237	735,607	731,708	727,316	718,322
Total final domestic demand excluding stocks - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	656,741	655,460	657,144	655,706	653,585	652,389	652,311	651,960	650,149	649,841	649,077	650,051	647,474
VAT - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	53,154	52,456	52,490	52,355	52,076	52,228	52,002	52,008	51,916	51,884	51,777	51,884	51,629
Taxes on imports - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	912	895	900	904	896	892	855	833	820	804	796	820	863
Other taxes on products - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	32,874	32,996	32,747	32,557	32,223	30,784	29,826	29,467	29,613	28,928	27,610	27,872	28,281
Subsidies - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	-3,480	-3,489	-3,506	-3,539	-3,591	-3,660	-4,331	-4,428	-4,429	-5,255	-7,846	-7,978	-8,328
Total gross domestic product - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	759,713	756,553	755,703	750,640	745,275	743,571	739,374	739,287	729,518	728,634	724,101	714,002	708,058
Total gross domestic product - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	664,746	664,510	665,708	663,962	661,160	659,604	658,495	658,574	655,722	654,274	652,677	649,403	647,027
Consumption expenditures of general government - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	183,494	182,044	181,219	180,599	179,426	178,820	177,903	176,906	176,018	174,916	174,530	171,360	168,880
Consumption expenditures of general government - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	168,174	167,515	167,037	166,625	165,838	165,487	165,579	165,327	165,012	164,795	163,942	163,221	162,441
Consumption expenditures of households - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	395,214	390,306	389,319	387,498	385,675	384,859	382,878	383,955	379,256	380,763	376,862	375,148	369,066
Consumption expenditures of households - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	330,454	329,516	330,552	329,740	329,426	329,212	329,369	329,360	326,613	327,087	326,243	326,865	324,951
Individualisable consumption expenditures of general government - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	119,298	118,365	117,734	117,431	116,576	115,835	114,936	114,344	113,525	112,849	112,529	110,633	109,015
Individualisable consumption expenditures of general government - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	109,786	109,144	108,868	108,703	108,034	107,563	107,485	107,115	106,789	106,706	106,354	106,001	105,532
Collective consumption expenditure of general government - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	64,196	63,680	63,484	63,168	62,850	62,985	62,967	62,563	62,493	62,067	62,001	60,727	59,866
Collective consumption expenditure of general government - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	58,362	58,343	58,141	57,895	57,776	57,894	58,064	58,179	58,186	58,054	57,555	57,191	56,882
Overall consumption expenditures - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	596,676	590,106	588,087	585,491	582,393	580,921	578,013	578,045	572,354	572,581	568,085	562,981	554,195
Overall consumption expenditures - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	513,828	512,169	512,703	511,430	510,347	509,812	510,099	509,872	506,742	506,988	505,277	505,141	502,371
GFCF of financial companies - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	6,975	6,952	6,770	6,629	6,698	6,782	7,031	7,095	7,109	6,923	6,792	6,531	6,324
GFCF of financial companies - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	6,106	6,150	6,018	5,908	5,994	6,067	6,312	6,398	6,424	6,266	6,167	5,931	5,757
Change in inventories - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	-2,343	3,691	-3,061	854	5,030	3,316	-1,886	1,356	-3,930	-3,989	-997	-858	678
Acquisitions less disposals of valuables - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	336	335	335	335	336	338	339	339	336	331	323	315	306
Stocks and acquisitions less disposals of valuables - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	-2,008	4,026	-2,727	1,189	5,366	3,654	-1,547	1,694	-3,594	-3,658	-675	-543	985
Exports - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	265,646	252,034	257,424	254,353	247,766	252,482	254,052	247,744	250,160	246,706	244,816	243,658	246,452
Exports - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	222,258	216,090	222,796	220,487	214,390	214,071	215,245	211,645	213,732	210,555	209,195	207,945	208,582
Imports - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	269,113	257,045	254,959	257,593	255,911	258,287	254,615	251,053	253,286	250,021	251,749	256,429	257,701
Imports - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	213,704	211,355	212,556	213,721	211,663	209,450	208,009	205,827	205,110	204,108	205,149	208,658	209,466
Total external balance - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	-3,467	-5,010	2,465	-3,241	-8,145	-5,805	-563	-3,308	-3,125	-3,315	-6,933	-12,771	-11,248
Consumption expenditures of NPISHs - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	15,372	15,299	15,224	15,174	15,158	15,173	15,213	15,233	15,225	15,189	15,129	15,062	14,990
Consumption expenditures of NPISHs - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	17,969	17,756	17,550	17,394	17,292	17,243	17,232	17,184	17,080	16,903	16,694	16,473	16,248
GFCF of all sectors in all institutional sectors - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	143,046	143,416	144,557	144,390	143,357	142,701	142,346	142,223	143,506	142,961	143,896	144,967	145,126
GFCF of general government - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	27,711	28,027	28,415	28,319	28,179	27,795	27,554	27,678	27,589	26,910	26,488	26,235	26,046
GFCF of households - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	28,076	28,180	28,649	28,472	28,335	28,320	28,167	27,970	28,353	29,147	30,218	31,227	32,268
GFCF of NPISHs - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	1,420	1,419	1,420	1,427	1,418	1,421	1,422	1,423	1,416	1,399	1,375	1,360	1,348
GFCF of all sectors in all institutional sectors - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	168,511	167,432	167,877	167,201	165,661	164,801	163,471	162,855	163,884	163,026	163,623	164,336	164,127
GFCF of general government - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	33,269	33,262	33,491	33,235	32,985	32,650	32,217	32,203	32,000	31,178	30,744	30,218	29,894
GFCF of households - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	33,526	33,372	33,809	33,591	33,316	32,987	32,664	32,476	32,779	33,696	34,872	36,234	37,496
GFCF of NPISHs - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	1,713	1,680	1,660	1,650	1,631	1,632	1,625	1,622	1,617	1,599	1,569	1,557	1,539
Investment by non-financial companies - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	79,945	79,849	80,250	80,461	79,627	79,300	79,105	78,973	79,949	79,443	79,842	80,383	79,832
Investment by non-financial companies - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series	93,029	92,166	92,147	92,095	91,032	90,751	89,933	89,458	90,380	89,631	89,645	89,795	88,875
GDP growth1
Quarterly accounts (base 2020) - Evolution of the total Gross Domestic Product - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series	0	-0.2	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.2	0	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.9
Contributions to GDP growth17
Final domestic demand	-0.54	0.68	-0.29	-0.2	0.55	0.6	-0.23	0.9	-0.13	-0.1	-0.37	0.33	0.12
Final domestic demand excluding stocks	0.2	-0.26	0.22	0.33	0.18	0.01	0.05	0.28	0.05	0.12	-0.15	0.4	0.4
Consumption expenditures of households	0.15	-0.16	0.13	0.05	0.03	-0.02	0	0.44	-0.08	0.13	-0.1	0.3	0.01
Individualisable consumption expenditures of general government	0.09	0.04	0.02	0.1	0.07	0.01	0.05	0.05	0.01	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.03
Collective consumption expenditures of general government	0	0.03	0.04	0.02	-0.02	-0.02	-0.02	0	0.02	0.07	0.06	0.05	0.07
Total consumption expenditures	0.25	-0.08	0.19	0.17	0.08	-0.04	0.03	0.48	-0.04	0.26	0.02	0.43	0.12
GFCF of financial companies	-0.01	0.02	0.02	-0.01	-0.01	-0.04	-0.01	0	0.02	0.01	0.04	0.03	0.02
Change in inventories and acquisitions less disposals of valuables	-0.73	0.93	-0.51	-0.53	0.37	0.58	-0.28	0.62	-0.18	-0.22	-0.22	-0.07	-0.28
Exports	0.95	-1.05	0.36	0.97	0.05	-0.2	0.59	-0.34	0.52	0.21	0.22	-0.11	1.5
Imports	0.38	-0.19	-0.19	0.34	0.37	0.23	0.37	0.12	0.17	-0.14	-0.65	-0.15	0.69
External balance	0.57	-0.86	0.56	0.63	-0.32	-0.43	0.22	-0.47	0.35	0.35	0.88	0.04	0.81
Consumption expenditures of NPISHs	0.01	0.01	0.01	0	0	-0.01	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Total GFCF	-0.06	-0.18	0.03	0.16	0.1	0.06	0.02	-0.2	0.09	-0.14	-0.17	-0.03	0.28
GFCF of general government entities	-0.05	-0.06	0.02	0.02	0.06	0.04	-0.02	0.01	0.11	0.07	0.04	0.03	0.09
GFCF of households	-0.02	-0.07	0.03	0.02	0	0.03	0.03	-0.06	-0.13	-0.17	-0.17	-0.17	-0.06
GFCF of NPISHs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GFCF of non-financial companies	0.01	-0.06	-0.03	0.13	0.05	0.03	0.02	-0.15	0.08	-0.06	-0.09	0.09	0.22
Value added by branch2
Chain-linked volumes24
Agriculture	7,702	7,949	8,251	8,356	8,304	8,023	7,661	7,442	7,477	7,784	8,312	8,706	8,926
Agro-food industries	9,478	9,441	9,321	9,255	9,399	9,685	9,610	9,639	9,488	9,390	8,897	8,727	8,783
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	1,889	1,918	1,811	1,772	1,503	1,504	1,304	1,178	1,169	1,117	1,247	1,257	1,104
Capital goods	8,380	8,385	8,372	8,405	8,421	8,392	8,353	8,334	8,311	8,301	8,273	8,271	8,344
Transport equipment	10,972	10,935	10,805	10,902	10,641	10,003	9,762	9,632	9,650	9,707	9,953	9,488	9,354
Other industries	33,482	33,368	33,275	33,406	33,283	33,411	33,471	33,792	33,923	33,945	33,510	32,901	32,340
Energy, water, waste	10,089	10,091	10,202	10,093	9,708	9,983	10,040	10,131	9,962	9,729	10,173	9,519	8,856
Construction	29,972	30,146	30,730	30,665	30,570	30,486	30,590	30,825	30,845	30,944	31,012	31,059	30,946
Distributive trade sector	54,235	54,339	54,804	54,848	54,544	54,193	54,300	54,001	54,331	54,501	54,148	54,124	54,065
Transport	28,048	28,133	28,195	27,889	28,191	28,123	28,166	27,834	27,369	27,436	27,800	27,674	27,832
Accommodation and food service activities	17,035	17,023	17,107	17,072	17,141	16,863	16,876	16,789	16,444	16,097	15,637	15,516	15,437
Information and communication	38,232	38,305	38,145	38,056	37,454	37,254	37,152	37,156	36,703	36,548	36,588	36,367	36,115
Financial services	21,809	21,955	22,092	22,099	22,086	22,207	22,205	22,042	21,923	21,702	21,382	21,384	21,489
Real estate services	81,349	81,144	81,027	80,766	80,478	80,176	79,908	79,719	79,664	79,726	79,691	79,969	80,023
Business Services	88,276	88,015	87,651	86,916	86,322	86,115	85,652	86,158	85,804	85,137	84,650	83,463	82,682
Non-market services	131,569	131,141	130,761	130,616	130,357	130,317	130,314	130,175	129,803	129,228	128,610	127,948	127,694
Household services	22,790	22,623	22,564	22,630	22,598	22,762	22,825	23,744	22,704	22,618	22,316	22,118	22,038
Manufactured goods	63,711	63,528	63,193	63,356	63,048	62,901	62,575	62,709	62,657	62,568	61,908	60,686	59,933
Industry	74,086	73,911	73,745	73,751	72,937	73,171	72,970	73,248	72,907	72,419	72,197	70,220	68,684
Mainly market services	350,908	350,676	350,773	349,429	347,993	346,809	346,149	346,342	344,155	343,092	341,669	340,092	339,202
Mainly non-market services	131,569	131,141	130,761	130,616	130,357	130,317	130,314	130,175	129,803	129,228	128,610	127,948	127,694
Services	512,379	511,912	512,272	510,719	508,929	507,619	507,068	507,377	504,849	503,328	501,373	499,195	497,935
Total branches	595,358	594,982	595,497	594,093	591,361	590,029	588,860	589,269	586,438	584,690	582,608	578,813	576,181
Non-agricultural market sector	456,009	455,780	456,325	454,955	452,547	451,569	450,805	451,569	449,086	447,583	445,690	442,052	439,397
Current prices24
Agriculture	9,729	10,587	10,795	10,668	10,265	9,609	9,377	9,265	9,201	9,234	9,415	9,654	10,377
Agro-food industries	11,473	11,523	11,912	11,769	12,176	12,434	12,785	12,887	12,572	12,337	12,285	12,136	12,058
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	1,244	641	360	411	416	508	325	438	751	1,073	1,350	1,528	845
Capital goods	9,382	9,466	9,447	9,445	9,545	9,496	9,388	9,398	9,334	9,362	9,263	9,209	9,171
Transport equipment	10,854	10,847	10,971	10,996	10,938	10,821	10,506	10,327	10,190	10,326	10,778	10,003	9,686
Other industries	43,222	43,071	42,667	42,039	41,898	41,863	41,330	41,804	41,973	41,548	41,361	40,350	39,576
Energy, water, waste	13,739	14,088	14,789	14,814	13,916	15,748	18,523	17,715	14,196	17,604	22,490	21,841	23,798
Construction	36,587	37,241	37,842	37,399	37,035	36,686	36,358	36,482	36,423	36,496	36,331	35,897	35,772
Distributive trade sector	62,430	61,794	62,413	62,704	62,725	62,811	62,696	62,263	62,984	63,565	63,949	63,537	62,239
Transport	31,369	30,464	30,794	30,491	30,792	31,623	32,085	31,791	30,173	29,934	28,148	28,403	29,745
Accommodation and food service activities	19,127	18,728	18,209	17,824	17,632	17,472	17,492	17,407	17,102	16,673	15,944	15,640	15,226
Information and communication	37,781	37,505	37,467	37,229	36,429	36,292	36,119	36,387	36,153	35,510	35,374	34,700	34,543
Financial services	25,938	25,883	24,630	24,533	23,908	23,288	21,758	20,741	20,025	18,912	17,917	18,075	18,089
Real estate services	94,489	94,258	94,754	94,149	94,028	93,943	93,714	95,628	94,395	96,656	96,216	94,677	92,921
Business Services	100,113	99,616	98,964	97,515	96,160	95,847	95,202	95,398	94,751	93,749	92,354	90,689	89,313
Non-market services	147,653	146,909	145,910	145,378	144,750	144,100	142,697	142,058	140,975	139,454	138,969	135,559	133,258
Household services	21,124	21,075	21,145	21,002	21,059	20,786	20,666	21,418	20,399	19,841	19,620	19,506	18,995
Manufactured goods	76,175	75,549	75,358	74,659	74,972	75,122	74,333	74,855	74,820	74,646	75,037	73,226	71,337
Industry	89,914	89,636	90,146	89,473	88,888	90,870	92,856	92,570	89,017	92,249	97,527	95,068	95,135
Mainly market services	392,369	389,323	388,378	385,446	382,734	382,063	379,733	381,031	375,983	374,840	369,521	365,226	361,070
Mainly non-market services	147,653	146,909	145,910	145,378	144,750	144,100	142,697	142,058	140,975	139,454	138,969	135,559	133,258
Services	576,610	573,472	572,130	568,223	564,518	562,849	558,788	559,571	553,381	550,790	544,822	536,682	530,101
Total branches	676,252	673,695	673,072	668,364	663,671	663,329	661,022	661,406	651,598	652,273	651,763	641,404	635,613
Non-agricultural market sector	518,870	516,200	516,366	512,318	508,656	509,620	508,947	510,083	501,422	503,585	503,379	496,191	491,978

Latest reading

The latest reading is −0.73 Number, for Q2 2026. That is −1.66 Number from Q1 2026 and −1.1 Number from a year earlier. The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q1 1980 to Q2 2026.

Latest: −0.73 Number; Q2 2026
vs previous period: −1.66 Number; Q1 2026
vs a year earlier: −1.1 Number

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France GDP growth and quarterly national accounts from INSEE, including demand components. This quarterly dataset tracks gross domestic product, household consumption, government spending, and gross fixed capital formation. It also provides value added by branch, such as services and transport, in both current prices and chain-linked volumes. Figures are seasonally and working-day adjusted (SA-WDA) and are available since 1949.

Frequently asked questions

What is the primary source for France GDP growth data?: The primary source for France GDP growth and quarterly national accounts is INSEE, the French national statistics institute.
How far back do the France quarterly GDP series go?: The quarterly GDP and national accounts series for France are available starting from the first year of 1949.
What components of demand are included in the France quarterly GDP table?: The France quarterly GDP table includes final domestic demand, household consumption expenditures, government collective consumption, gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), changes in inventories, and exports and imports.
Are the France quarterly GDP figures seasonally adjusted?: Yes, the quarterly GDP and value added series for France are published as seasonally and working-day adjusted (SA-WDA) series, as well as in chain-linked volumes.