Updated · Sep 29, 2026
The euro area’s second-largest economy
France economic data
The French economy on a single page: CPI inflation, GDP growth, the ILO unemployment rate, INSEE business and household confidence, the 10-year OAT yield, public debt and the CAC 40. Every figure is pulled automatically from INSEE, the Banque de France, URSSAF, DARES, the SDES energy and housing statistics and Eurostat, and every indicator is a complete series with an interactive chart and a free download.
- Data tables
- 160
- Indicator groups
- 15
- Longest series from
- 1949
- Frequency
- Daily · Monthly · Quarterly · Annual
Headline indicators
The latest value and recent trend. Open a card for the full series.
CPI inflationAll households, year on yearSource: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM)2.4%Aug 2026+0.3 pp vs previous monthGDP growthVolume, quarter on quarterSource: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM)0%Q2 2026+0.2 pp vs previous quarterUnemployment rateILO definition, excluding MayotteSource: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM)8.3%Q2 2026+0.2 pp vs previous quarterBusiness climateINSEE, all sectors, 100 = long-run averageSource: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM)98.1ptsAug 2026+0.8 pts vs previous monthHousehold confidenceINSEE, 100 = long-run averageSource: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM)86ptsAug 2026unchanged vs previous month10-year OAT yieldConstant maturity rateSource: Banque de France – Webstat (webstat.banque-france.fr)4.48%/yrSep 14, 2026+0.83 pp vs 3 months agoPublic debtMaastricht definition, % of GDPSource: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM)117.5%Q1 2026+4.1 pp year on yearCAC 40Source: Yahoo Finance (aggregator) – index levels calculated by Euronext8,179.77ptsSep 11, 2026−171.1 pts vs 3 months ago
The full catalogue
160 data tables across 15 indicator groups. Each one is a complete historical series with an interactive chart.
GDP
- Quarterly GDP and value addedQuarterly
- INSEE business surveysMonthly
- Banque de France business surveysMonthly
- EU harmonised business and consumer surveysMonthly
- Annual national accountsAnnual
- OECD composite leading indicatorMonthly
- Household and corporate accountsQuarterly
- Firms' inflation expectationsQuarterly
- Household wealth distributionQuarterly
- INSEE quarterly business surveysQuarterly
- Banque de France regional business surveysMonthly
- Regional public works surveyQuarterly
Consumption
- Consumer price indexMonthly
- Consumer confidence and expectationsMonthly
- Retail trade and household consumptionMonthly
- Final consumption by function (annual)Annual
- Over-indebtedness and financial inclusionMonthly
- Health expenditure by financing schemeAnnual
- CPI weightsAnnual
- Cinema attendance, monthlyMonthly
- Cinema attendance, annualAnnual
Investment
- Insolvency proceedingsQuarterly
- Fixed investmentQuarterly
- Business demographyMonthly
- Business failures by region and départementMonthly
- Micro-entrepreneursQuarterly
- Business creations by regionQuarterly
- Business creations by départementAnnual
- Unpaid social contributionsMonthly
- Non-financial assetsAnnual
Production
- Industrial production and turnoverMonthly
- PPIMonthly
- Services production and turnoverMonthly
- Daily electricityDaily
- Monthly electricity generation and networkMonthly
- Monthly energy balancesMonthly
- Construction cost indicesMonthly
- Construction pricesQuarterly
- Services producer pricesQuarterly
- Electricity: annual generation, consumption and capacityAnnual
- Quarterly greenhouse gas emissionsQuarterly
- Electronic communications (ARCEP)Quarterly
FDI
- FDI flowsQuarterly
- International investment positionQuarterly
Exports and imports
- Trade balance and trade by productMonthly
- Trade by partner countryMonthly
- Foreign trade prices and volumesMonthly
- Trade in services by typeMonthly
- Energy tradeMonthly
- Export market sharesAnnual
- Trade by broad economic categoryMonthly
- Monthly trade nowcasts and port activityMonthly
- Daily port calls and seaborne tradeDaily
Transport
- Tourism demand and travel receiptsMonthly
- Tourist accommodationMonthly
- Vehicle registrations and fleetAnnual
- Monthly air trafficMonthly
- Monthly transport trafficMonthly
- Hotel nights by departmentMonthly
- Rail passenger transportQuarterly
- Rail punctualityMonthly
- Road accidents (monthly)Monthly
- Daily flightsDaily
- Air traffic by partner countryQuarterly
- Freight transport (annual)Annual
- Road freight transport (quarterly)Quarterly
- Seaport traffic (quarterly)Quarterly
- Inland waterway freightQuarterly
- Road safety (annual)Annual
Monetary
- Bank interest rates and new loansMonthly
- Bank credit outstandingMonthly
- Usury ratesQuarterly
- Monthly balance of paymentsMonthly
- Household financial wealthQuarterly
- Credit conditions surveysQuarterly
- Effective exchange ratesMonthly
- Banque de France balance sheetMonthly
- Banking risk indicatorsMonthly
- Total credit and debt service (BIS)Quarterly
- Daily nominal effective exchange ratesDaily
- Bank credit and deposits by territoryMonthly
- Balance of payments by partnerQuarterly
- Official reserve assetsMonthly
- International positions of French banksQuarterly
- Financial soundness indicatorsQuarterly
- Corporate and financial sector accountsQuarterly
- Insurance corporations balance sheetQuarterly
- Financial sector structure (annual)Annual
Fiscal
- Government debt and financial accountsQuarterly
- State budget (monthly)Monthly
- Government accountsQuarterly
- Social benefits paid (monthly)Monthly
- Local taxation and state grantsAnnual
- State civil and military pensionsAnnual
- Unemployment insurance accountsAnnual
- Social contribution exemptionsAnnual
- Regional government financesAnnual
- Local government accounts (OFGL)Annual
Real estate
- House pricesQuarterly
- RentsQuarterly
- Property sales (DVF)Monthly
- Housing permits and startsMonthly
- New home sales (ECLN)Quarterly
- Housing loans: renegotiations, first-time buyersMonthly
- Property developers surveyQuarterly
- Energy performance certificates (DPE)Monthly
- Housing stock and social housingAnnual
- Housing benefits by type of housingMonthly
- Non-residential constructionMonthly
Commodities
- Energy pricesMonthly
- Day-ahead electricity pricesDaily
- Raw material pricesMonthly
- Retail energy markets (monthly)Monthly
- Daily natural gasDaily
- Monthly gas consumptionMonthly
- Oil stocksMonthly
- Retail energy markets (quarterly)Quarterly
- Gas consumption by sectorAnnual
- Daily temperature by regionDaily
- Degree daysMonthly
- Material flowsAnnual
Securities
Agriculture
Bonds
- Daily debt market ratesDaily
- Systemic stress indicatorDaily
- Debt securities issuanceMonthly
- Debt securities holdersQuarterly
Labor
- Unemployment and employment (labour force survey)Quarterly
- Registered jobseekers (DARES)Monthly
- Payroll employmentQuarterly
- Wages and labour costQuarterly
- Minimum wage and hourly labour costMonthly
- Job vacanciesQuarterly
- Indeed Job Postings IndexDaily
- Private employment and short-time work (URSSAF)Quarterly
- Monthly wage bill and short-time workMonthly
- Private sector wage billQuarterly
- Unemployment benefits (monthly)Monthly
- Population and demographyAnnual
- Births and deathsMonthly
- Poverty, inequality and residence permitsAnnual
- Asylum and temporary protectionMonthly
- Recorded crime (monthly)Monthly
- Labour market indicators (Eurostat)Quarterly
- Indeed job postings by occupationDaily
- Value-sharing bonus (PPV)Quarterly
- Taxation of wages (OECD Taxing Wages)Annual
- Personal training account (CPF)Monthly
- Recorded crime (annual)Annual
- Daily deathsDaily
- Disabled employment in the public sectorAnnual
Where this data comes from
Every series is loaded automatically from official releases. Values are kept exactly as published; only the structure is normalised — unit, frequency and reference period.
- INSEE
National accounts, consumer prices, the labour force survey, business and household surveys, industrial production and demography, taken from the BDM time-series database.
- Banque de France — Webstat
Interest rates, bank credit and deposits, business failures, the monthly business survey, the balance of payments and securities statistics.
- Eurostat
Harmonised series for France where no national release exists: HICP detail, energy trade by partner, transport and migration.
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