# France General government interest expenditure, quarterly (seasonally & calendar adjusted, EUR mn)

France General government interest expenditure, quarterly (seasonally & calendar adjusted, EUR mn) was 18,916 € million in Q2 2026, up 4.0% from Q1 2026 and up 17.4% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 1995.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7,207.3 € million (Q4 2020) to 18,916 € million (Q2 2026), averaging 11,781 € million.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `FR.GOVINT.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: € million
- Coverage: 1995-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (126 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/france/general-government-interest-expenditure-quarterly-seasonally-and

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 18,916 € million |
| Q1 2026 | 18,191 € million |
| Q4 2025 | 17,547 € million |
| Q3 2025 | 16,483 € million |
| Q2 2025 | 16,110 € million |
| Q1 2025 | 15,582 € million |
| Q4 2024 | 15,890 € million |
| Q3 2024 | 15,378 € million |
| Q2 2024 | 14,661 € million |
| Q1 2024 | 14,201 € million |
| Q4 2023 | 13,882 € million |
| Q3 2023 | 12,982 € million |
| Q2 2023 | 13,504 € million |
| Q1 2023 | 13,042 € million |
| Q4 2022 | 13,456 € million |
| Q3 2022 | 12,865 € million |
| Q2 2022 | 12,910 € million |
| Q1 2022 | 11,703 € million |
| Q4 2021 | 10,274 € million |
| Q3 2021 | 9,023.5 € million |
| Q2 2021 | 8,004.8 € million |
| Q1 2021 | 7,497.5 € million |
| Q4 2020 | 7,207.3 € million |
| Q3 2020 | 7,319.5 € million |

## API

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

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