# France Government Debt to GDP

France Government Debt to GDP was 119.1% in Q2 2026, up 1.4 percentage points from Q1 2026 and up 3.7 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 2000.
Among the 38 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 6th highest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 98.1% (Q4 2016) to 119.1% (Q2 2026), averaging 108.2%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `FR.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (106 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/france/government-debt-to-gdp

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 119.1% |
| Q1 2026 | 117.7% |
| Q4 2025 | 115.7% |
| Q3 2025 | 117.3% |
| Q2 2025 | 115.4% |
| Q1 2025 | 113.6% |
| Q4 2024 | 112.6% |
| Q3 2024 | 113.1% |
| Q2 2024 | 111.8% |
| Q1 2024 | 110.2% |
| Q4 2023 | 109.5% |
| Q3 2023 | 111.1% |
| Q2 2023 | 111.3% |
| Q1 2023 | 111.9% |
| Q4 2022 | 111.4% |
| Q3 2022 | 113.1% |
| Q2 2022 | 112.9% |
| Q1 2022 | 114.4% |
| Q4 2021 | 112.8% |
| Q3 2021 | 115.3% |
| Q2 2021 | 114.3% |
| Q1 2021 | 117.7% |
| Q4 2020 | 114.9% |
| Q3 2020 | 115.3% |

## API

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

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