What does the France current account table measure?

This table measures France's monthly balance of payments, which includes the current account (trade in goods and services, primary and secondary income), the capital account, and the financial account.

How far back does the France balance of payments data go?

The monthly balance of payments and current account series for France are available starting from 2008 and are updated on a monthly basis.

What is the difference between assets and liabilities in the French financial account?

In France's financial account, assets represent French investments made abroad, while liabilities represent foreign investments made within France, covering direct, portfolio, and other investments.

Who compiles the monthly balance of payments for France?

The monthly balance of payments data for France is compiled by the Banque de France and published internationally by Eurostat.

France current account and financial flows

Name: France current account and financial flows
Creator: Eurostat – balance of payments by country, monthly (bop_c6_m), compiled by Banque de France
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France's monthly current account and financial account balance of payments, from Eurostat.

Source: Eurostat – balance of payments by country, monthly (bop_c6_m), compiled by Banque de FranceLast updated: Sep 14, 2026, 16:18Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023	07-2023	06-2023
Current account receipts (credit)1
Current account, credit4	134,619	120,760	127,659	119,443	105,579	106,777	156,770	111,531	121,654	118,847	100,057	123,922	128,446	120,589	125,773	116,584	102,891	102,824	153,995	112,244	120,631	120,931	100,697	121,031	130,512	123,613	120,707	111,789	107,110	107,220	153,067	115,225	110,485	112,484	100,502	109,825	133,383
Goods exports	60,531	50,151	57,332	57,658	49,252	47,285	56,910	52,314	59,445	53,221	42,551	55,008	53,109	48,673	51,376	56,335	48,182	47,348	55,143	51,914	55,365	47,914	41,920	54,849	54,609	49,306	52,205	54,289	51,256	47,306	52,017	54,129	54,698	49,974	44,713	50,815	59,949
Services exports	37,066	33,491	31,537	32,508	29,194	29,777	35,079	29,813	29,889	33,242	31,436	34,078	34,816	31,501	30,743	31,640	28,928	29,548	35,263	30,448	30,017	32,483	31,787	34,741	33,959	30,895	29,683	30,414	28,712	27,580	32,289	28,307	28,198	30,508	29,296	30,876	31,506
Primary income received	33,123	33,204	34,128	24,890	21,704	24,402	56,409	26,355	27,026	27,442	22,389	30,718	34,299	35,871	37,685	23,454	20,004	20,990	52,835	25,830	30,736	36,525	22,800	26,483	34,450	39,596	34,961	23,109	21,405	27,524	61,663	29,936	24,337	28,381	23,273	23,897	37,103
Secondary income received	3,899	3,914	4,662	4,386	5,429	5,312	8,372	3,048	5,294	4,943	3,682	4,118	6,223	4,544	5,970	5,156	5,777	4,938	10,754	4,052	4,513	4,008	4,192	4,958	7,495	3,816	3,858	3,977	5,738	4,810	7,099	2,853	3,252	3,620	3,219	4,238	4,825
Current account payments (debit)1
Current account, debit4	131,079	138,578	130,049	123,889	114,411	109,248	133,664	112,368	121,671	120,366	103,955	122,303	124,802	134,638	127,433	116,546	111,589	112,147	130,980	113,072	123,132	117,746	106,639	121,543	125,124	135,076	125,349	115,835	113,714	111,522	127,013	115,295	117,089	114,343	106,641	113,053	133,223
Goods imports	65,310	57,650	63,485	63,827	55,994	51,329	56,555	56,029	58,715	59,497	47,972	57,446	59,313	55,800	60,246	60,044	55,672	55,208	52,551	57,151	60,180	56,280	49,257	56,946	57,528	57,248	60,989	58,706	56,226	54,462	52,413	59,341	61,082	57,689	52,095	56,812	63,170
Services imports	28,456	25,620	26,231	29,973	28,018	27,435	29,923	26,343	27,966	28,139	28,094	30,169	27,195	25,569	26,096	29,003	28,559	28,242	31,138	25,745	27,173	26,748	27,582	28,966	27,222	24,221	25,709	27,840	27,040	25,816	27,200	24,829	25,710	25,936	26,840	27,155	25,615
Primary income paid	28,995	46,075	31,039	20,870	18,874	20,571	34,243	20,540	24,467	23,666	19,564	26,794	28,079	44,178	31,224	20,231	18,610	20,017	33,604	21,230	26,312	26,190	21,524	26,656	29,363	45,768	30,932	21,593	20,658	23,459	36,356	23,505	23,199	22,321	19,813	21,969	35,767
Secondary income paid	8,318	9,233	9,293	9,218	11,525	9,913	12,943	9,456	10,523	9,063	8,325	7,893	10,215	9,091	9,867	7,269	8,747	8,680	13,687	8,946	9,467	8,528	8,277	8,975	11,011	7,840	7,718	7,696	9,790	7,784	11,044	7,621	7,099	8,398	7,893	7,117	8,670
Other balances4
Secondary income balance	-4,419	-5,319	-4,631	-4,832	-6,096	-4,601	-4,571	-6,408	-5,229	-4,120	-4,643	-3,775	-3,992	-4,547	-3,897	-2,113	-2,970	-3,742	-2,933	-4,894	-4,954	-4,520	-4,085	-4,017	-3,516	-4,024	-3,860	-3,719	-4,052	-2,974	-3,945	-4,768	-3,847	-4,778	-4,674	-2,879	-3,845
Capital account balance	309	921	334	350	1,185	360	235	365	400	596	372	345	317	837	264	1,302	337	304	-11	317	317	443	603	379	339	630	303	1,078	371	314	438	381	371	415	528	420	819
Current plus capital account (net lending/borrowing)	3,849	-16,897	-2,056	-4,096	-7,646	-2,110	23,341	-473	383	-923	-3,526	1,965	3,961	-13,212	-1,397	1,340	-8,362	-9,020	23,004	-512	-2,184	3,629	-5,339	-133	5,727	-10,833	-4,339	-2,969	-6,233	-3,988	26,492	311	-6,233	-1,444	-5,611	-2,808	980
Net errors and omissions	-15,003	-14,230	14,912	4,562	-3,586	13,744	-8,849	11,409	12,140	-6,788	-1,422	770	6,571	2,912	-14,295	-1,691	14,611	-827	-14,399	3,719	2,515	-8,391	14,258	-7,247	-3,009	-1,197	-4,519	104	-460	14,627	-13,552	6,861	3,952	-4,244	-2,571	4,943	-6,779
Financial account, net (assets minus liabilities)1
Financial account4	-11,153	-31,127	12,856	466	-11,233	11,633	14,492	10,936	12,523	-7,711	-4,948	2,735	10,532	-10,300	-15,692	-351	6,249	-9,847	8,605	3,207	331	-4,762	8,920	-7,380	2,718	-12,030	-8,858	-2,865	-6,693	10,639	12,941	7,172	-2,282	-5,688	-8,182	2,135	-5,799
Direct investment	-790	-5,275	10,122	8,729	9,281	5,507	2,891	-6,340	-131	7,940	10,719	10,539	1,515	-370	-4,127	29,843	-9,033	-12,254	650	-7,697	-1,330	-503	3,338	4,731	2,432	-4,656	1,406	1,236	742	707	9,812	1,273	3,768	8,958	8,124	3,474	769
Portfolio investment	-76,408	-720	28,253	-111,298	-15,828	85,471	-35,707	7,013	73,832	-23,856	-20,745	3,262	17,953	-7,735	4,045	-9,864	20,621	104,566	-64,991	21,641	65,160	-41,665	4,890	30,064	-33,768	3,475	9,151	-45,708	16,689	102,129	-96,614	-11,447	40,831	-52,439	-23,307	63,753	-69,332
Financial derivatives and employee stock options	10,410	11,181	7,113	-2,708	5,809	545	9,552	8,772	7,465	-286	1,022	-3,913	3,804	6,139	-596	-5,605	2,823	-3,741	-245	-4,532	-2,045	313	-6,392	-2,430	1,676	-62	-2,003	-1,396	-193	2,633	1,691	1,329	4,459	-5,019	383	-2,336	-3,518
Other investment	55,442	-36,365	-32,677	105,782	-10,257	-80,128	37,877	1,614	-68,924	8,451	4,010	-7,247	-12,905	-8,261	-15,958	-15,261	-7,912	-100,878	72,818	-6,278	-61,630	36,594	7,150	-39,914	32,492	-10,619	-16,818	42,977	-23,510	-96,284	97,606	15,682	-53,040	43,846	5,976	-63,054	66,398
Financial account, assets (French investment abroad)3
Direct investment abroad	2,363	2,187	15,019	3,932	6,036	1,917	10,732	2,273	5,497	2,897	2,320	2,592	-1,728	-1,098	-2,117	47,471	10,976	9,607	17,578	1,932	8,443	1,975	1,765	3,503	7,725	-1,464	2,397	2,658	2,076	2,427	2,031	2,534	2,674	9,036	6,886	5,387	1,722
Portfolio investment abroad	-19,634	18,091	56,757	-5,303	11,706	84,167	1,782	9,256	26,455	31,383	-9,121	21,180	63,265	5,051	33,440	41,129	26,044	85,666	-21,278	5,927	50,347	22,140	1,476	11,882	48,182	9,044	1,170	36,061	13,489	120,014	-47,460	3,487	27,912	-27,453	2,727	66,365	16,314
Other investment abroad	83,555	10,747	69,356	-16,922	20,752	127,141	-103,134	-7,490	69,017	-17,907	27,561	12,362	40,206	6,308	61,069	-66,349	60,556	199,086	-167,497	-33,429	38,684	-22,689	33,320	125,067	-201,551	4,562	103,129	-34,131	100,282	93,153	-180,171	7,959	37,095	-64,556	35,894	93,001	-36,268
Financial account, liabilities (foreign investment in France)3
Direct investment in France	3,153	7,462	4,897	-4,797	-3,245	-3,590	7,841	8,613	5,628	-5,043	-8,399	-7,947	-3,243	-728	2,010	17,628	20,009	21,861	16,928	9,629	9,773	2,478	-1,573	-1,228	5,293	3,192	991	1,422	1,334	1,720	-7,781	1,261	-1,094	78	-1,238	1,913	953
Portfolio investment in France2	56,774	18,811	28,504	105,995	27,534	-1,304	37,489	2,243	-47,377	55,239	11,624	17,918	45,312	12,786	29,395	50,993	5,423	-18,900	43,713	-15,714	-14,813	63,805	-3,414	-18,182	81,950	5,569	-7,981	81,769	-3,200	17,885	49,154	14,934	-12,919	24,986	26,034	2,612	85,646
Equity and investment fund shares	-6,703	-774	7,761	7,765	210	-7,678	11,107	-171	-635	1,978	1,870	1,640	-1,887	-4,277	5,248	-670	-1,192	-3,687	9,774	-436	1,034	3,873	-2,716	5,473	4,442	700	4,361	9,770	-10,414	2,237	7,969	-1,794	-7,057	-10,008	12,932	-12,309	-4,412
Debt securities	63,477	19,585	20,743	98,230	27,324	6,374	26,382	2,414	-46,742	53,261	9,754	16,277	47,199	17,063	24,146	51,663	6,615	-15,212	33,940	-15,278	-15,847	59,933	-698	-23,654	77,508	4,869	-12,342	71,999	7,214	15,648	41,185	16,727	-5,862	34,994	13,102	14,921	90,058
Other investment in France	28,113	47,112	102,033	-122,704	31,009	207,269	-141,011	-9,104	137,941	-26,358	23,551	19,609	53,111	14,569	77,027	-51,088	68,468	299,964	-240,315	-27,151	100,314	-59,283	26,170	164,981	-234,043	15,181	119,947	-77,108	123,792	189,437	-277,777	-7,723	90,135	-108,402	29,918	156,055	-102,666

Latest reading

Financial account stood at −11,153 EUR million in Jun 2026. That is +19,974 EUR million from May 2026 and −21,685 EUR million from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 2008 to Jun 2026. Source: Eurostat – balance of payments by country, monthly (bop_c6_m), compiled by Banque de France.

Latest: −11,153 EUR million; Jun 2026
vs previous period: +19,974 EUR million; May 2026
vs a year earlier: −21,685 EUR million

About this data

France's monthly current account and financial account balance of payments, from Eurostat. This monthly dataset tracks current account receipts and payments for goods, services, primary income, and secondary income since 2008. It details the capital account and the financial account, covering direct investment, portfolio investment, and other investment. The figures show both French investment abroad and foreign investment in France.

Frequently asked questions

What does the France current account table measure?: This table measures France's monthly balance of payments, which includes the current account (trade in goods and services, primary and secondary income), the capital account, and the financial account.
How far back does the France balance of payments data go?: The monthly balance of payments and current account series for France are available starting from 2008 and are updated on a monthly basis.
What is the difference between assets and liabilities in the French financial account?: In France's financial account, assets represent French investments made abroad, while liabilities represent foreign investments made within France, covering direct, portfolio, and other investments.
Who compiles the monthly balance of payments for France?: The monthly balance of payments data for France is compiled by the Banque de France and published internationally by Eurostat.