France GFCF contribution to GDP volume: households
France GFCF contribution to GDP volume: households stood at -0.01% in 2025, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Annual national accounts table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1950 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Annual national accounts table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross domestic product | |||||||||||
| Gross fixed capital formation - Households excluding sole proprietorships - Total products (new classification) - Contribution to changes in the GDP in volume | -0.01 | -0.51 | -0.48 | -0.18 | 0.8 | -0.38 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.14 | |
| Gross domestic product - Change in volume - Chained base year price (unbalanced) | 0.81 | 1.5 | 1.63 | 2.72 | 6.88 | -7.44 | 2.03 | 1.65 | 2.08 | 0.86 |
Understanding france GFCF contribution to GDP volume: households
This series quantifies the exact percentage contribution made by household capital investments—excluding sole proprietorships—to the overall annual growth rate of domestic production in volume. It captures changes in real spending on residential dwellings and major asset acquisitions by the household sector, weighted by their relative share of the total economy. This metric isolates the household sector's specific impact from business and government capital formation.
Reading this contribution requires understanding that a large percentage point impact can occur either from rapid growth in a small asset class or modest growth in a massive asset category, depending on its weighting. Analysts should verify whether housing market dynamics or broader financing conditions drive shifts in this series. Comparing these figures across long horizons requires noting any regulatory reclassifications that shift unincorporated entities between household and corporate sectors.
Frequently asked questions
- What specific entities are included in household gross fixed capital formation?
- It covers residential construction and asset investments by households, explicitly excluding sole proprietorship businesses.
- How is a sector contribution to GDP calculated?
- It represents the growth rate of the component multiplied by its weight in the previous period's total economy.
- Can a small sector have a large contribution to volume growth?
- Only if that small sector experiences extreme growth volatility, though weight limits its baseline impact compared to major aggregates.