France GDP growth rate history

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0.5%Q2 2026Latest published observation

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History starts: Q1 1950
History ends: Q2 2026
Frequency: Quarterly observations
Unit: Percent

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4 observations · Q1 1992 to Q4 1992

Selected historical observations
Date or period	Value · Percent	Source
Q1 1992	2.0%	National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE); French Customs
Q2 1992	1.7%	National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE); French Customs
Q3 1992	1.2%	National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE); French Customs
Q4 1992	0.7%	National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE); French Customs

France GDP growth rate history by year

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France GDP growth rate history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2026 (to date)	0.6%	0.7%Q1 2026	0.5%Q2 2026	▼ −0.2
2025	0.9%	1.1%Q4 2025	0.8%Q1 2025	▲ +0.3
2024	1.4%	2.1%Q1 2024	0.9%Q4 2024	▼ −1.2
2023	1.8%	2.0%Q2 2023	1.5%Q1 2023	▲ +0.5
2022	2.8%	4.7%Q1 2022	1.3%Q4 2022	▼ −3.4
2021	7.1%	17.1%Q2 2021	1.5%Q1 2021	▲ +3.7
2020	−7.6%	−4.0%Q4 2020	−17.0%Q2 2020	▲ +1.0
2019	2.1%	2.7%Q2 2019	1.0%Q4 2019	▼ −1.5
2018	1.6%	2.1%Q1 2018	1.3%Q3 2018	▼ −0.7
2017	2.3%	2.8%Q3 2017	1.2%Q1 2017	▲ +1.6
2016	0.7%	0.9%Q1 2016	0.5%Q3 2016	0.0
2015	1.0%	1.2%Q4 2015	0.6%Q3 2015	0.0
2014	1.0%	1.5%Q3 2014	0.6%Q4 2014	▼ −0.7
2013	0.9%	1.5%Q4 2013	0.1%Q1 2013	▲ +1.4
2012	0.2%	0.7%Q1 2012	−0.2%Q4 2012	▼ −0.9
2011	2.5%	3.1%Q1 2011	2.0%Q4 2011	▼ −1.1
2010	1.8%	2.2%Q3 2010	1.4%Q1 2010	▲ +0.6
2009	−2.7%	−0.8%Q4 2009	−4.1%Q1 2009	▲ +3.3
2008	0.3%	2.0%Q1 2008	−1.4%Q4 2008	▼ −3.4
2007	2.5%	2.9%Q1 2007	2.1%Q4 2007	▼ −0.8

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France GDP growth rate history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2006	2.9%	3.6%Q2 2006	2.6%Q1 2006	▲ +0.1
2005	2.0%	2.2%Q3 2005	1.8%Q2 2005	0.0
2004	2.5%	3.0%Q2 2004	2.1%Q1 2004	▲ +0.7
2003	1.0%	1.3%Q4 2003	0.3%Q2 2003	0.0
2002	1.1%	1.6%Q4 2002	0.8%Q1 2002	▲ +0.8
2001	1.8%	3.1%Q1 2001	0.7%Q4 2001	▼ −2.4
2000	4.4%	5.1%Q2 2000	3.5%Q4 2000	▼ −1.1
1999	3.3%	4.3%Q4 1999	2.6%Q2 1999	▲ +1.7
1998	3.5%	4.1%Q1 1998	2.9%Q4 1998	▼ −1.2
1997	2.5%	3.5%Q4 1997	1.4%Q1 1997	▲ +2.1
1996	1.3%	1.7%Q4 1996	1.0%Q2 1996	▲ +0.2
1995	2.5%	3.4%Q1 1995	1.3%Q4 1995	▼ −2.1
1994	2.4%	3.6%Q4 1994	1.1%Q1 1994	▲ +2.5
1993	−0.4%	−0.2%Q4 1993	−0.6%Q2 1993	▲ +0.4
1992	1.4%	2.0%Q1 1992	0.7%Q4 1992	▼ −1.3
1991	1.3%	1.5%Q4 1991	1.0%Q3 1991	▲ +0.1
1990	2.8%	3.9%Q1 1990	1.4%Q4 1990	▼ −2.5
1989	4.6%	5.0%Q4 1989	4.3%Q1 1989	▲ +0.7
1988	4.7%	5.0%Q1 1988	4.3%Q4 1988	▼ −0.7
1987	2.6%	3.8%Q4 1987	1.9%Q1 1987	▲ +1.9
1986	2.3%	2.5%Q2 1986	2.1%Q4 1986	▼ −0.1
1985	1.7%	2.2%Q4 1985	1.3%Q1 1985	▲ +0.9
1984	1.7%	2.2%Q3 1984	1.3%Q1 1984	▲ +0.2
1983	1.3%	1.6%Q1 1983	1.0%Q2 1983	▼ −0.4
1982	2.4%	2.8%Q1 1982	2.0%Q3 1982	▼ −0.8
1981	1.2%	2.4%Q4 1981	−0.4%Q1 1981	▲ +2.8
1980	1.7%	3.4%Q1 1980	0.4%Q4 1980	▼ −3.0
1979	3.7%	4.1%Q3 1979	3.3%Q4 1979	▼ −0.7
1978	4.0%	4.3%Q4 1978	3.4%Q1 1978	▲ +0.9
1977	3.5%	4.4%Q1 1977	3.1%Q3 1977	▼ −1.2
1976	4.3%	5.7%Q3 1976	3.0%Q1 1976	▲ +1.2
1975	−0.9%	1.3%Q4 1975	−2.6%Q3 1975	▲ +2.1
1974	4.4%	6.0%Q1 1974	1.7%Q4 1974	▼ −4.3
1973	6.2%	6.6%Q3 1973	5.6%Q1 1973	▲ +0.7
1972	4.5%	4.9%Q4 1972	4.2%Q2 1972	▲ +0.3
1971	5.3%	5.8%Q1 1971	5.0%Q4 1971	▼ −0.8
1970	6.2%	6.7%Q1 1970	5.7%Q4 1970	▼ −1.0
1969	7.2%	12.6%Q2 1969	4.4%Q1 1969	▲ +1.7
1968	4.5%	6.3%Q4 1968	−0.7%Q2 1968	▲ +0.1
1967	4.8%	5.1%Q1 1967	4.5%Q3 1967	▼ −0.1
1966	5.2%	5.7%Q1 1966	4.2%Q4 1966	▼ −1.5
1965	4.8%	5.4%Q4 1965	4.1%Q1 1965	▲ +1.3
1964	6.6%	10.0%Q1 1964	4.1%Q3 1964	▼ −4.2
1963	6.3%	8.2%Q3 1963	3.6%Q1 1963	▲ +3.1
1962	6.6%	7.5%Q3 1962	5.5%Q1 1962	▲ +1.3
1961	5.1%	6.8%Q1 1961	4.1%Q3 1961	▼ −2.0
1960	8.0%	9.1%Q3 1960	7.2%Q1 1960	▲ +0.3
1959	2.6%	5.2%Q4 1959	0.7%Q1 1959	▲ +4.5
1958	2.8%	4.0%Q1 1958	1.8%Q3 1958	▼ −2.2
1957	5.6%	6.5%Q1 1957	4.6%Q4 1957	▼ −1.9
1956	5.1%	5.3%Q4 1956	4.9%Q1 1956	▲ +0.4
1955	5.4%	5.6%Q1 1955	5.1%Q3 1955	▼ −0.1
1954	5.8%	6.7%Q3 1954	5.3%Q1 1954	▲ +0.5
1953	3.2%	4.9%Q4 1953	1.3%Q1 1953	▲ +3.6
1952	3.5%	5.0%Q1 1952	2.0%Q4 1952	▼ −3.0
1951	5.3%	7.6%Q1 1951	3.3%Q4 1951	▼ −4.3
1950	8.8%	10.5%Q4 1950	6.7%Q1 1950	▲ +3.8

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