# France General government fiscal balance, % of GDP, quarterly (seasonally & calendar adjusted)

France General government fiscal balance, % of GDP, quarterly (seasonally & calendar adjusted) was −5.1% in Q2 2026, unchanged from Q1 2026 and up 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.5% (Q2 2020) to −2.0% (Q4 2018), averaging −4.9%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `FR.GOVBAL.Q.SA.MEASURE-PCTGDP`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 1995-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (126 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/france/general-government-fiscal-balance-pct-of-gdp-quarterly-seasonally-and

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | −5.1% |
| Q1 2026 | −5.1% |
| Q4 2025 | −4.4% |
| Q3 2025 | −5.4% |
| Q2 2025 | −5.4% |
| Q1 2025 | −5.1% |
| Q4 2024 | −6.1% |
| Q3 2024 | −5.9% |
| Q2 2024 | −5.5% |
| Q1 2024 | −5.5% |
| Q4 2023 | −5.7% |
| Q3 2023 | −5.5% |
| Q2 2023 | −5.1% |
| Q1 2023 | −5.1% |
| Q4 2022 | −5.7% |
| Q3 2022 | −4.7% |
| Q2 2022 | −3.6% |
| Q1 2022 | −5.0% |
| Q4 2021 | −4.5% |
| Q3 2021 | −4.9% |
| Q2 2021 | −8.1% |
| Q1 2021 | −9.1% |
| Q4 2020 | −10.3% |
| Q3 2020 | −5.4% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.GOVBAL.Q.SA.MEASURE-PCTGDP"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.GOVBAL.Q.SA.MEASURE-PCTGDP",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```