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France Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: France › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all France indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Euro
Currency Symbol: EUR

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for France , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for France in year 2010 is -2.054 %

This makes France No. 69 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; France is 0.63 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for France was -1.93 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for France in 2010 was or will be 6.37% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for France was or will be -2.78 %, which is 35.39% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for France, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -2.186
  2015 -2.218
  2014 -2.253
  2013 -2.416
  2012 -2.696
  2011 -2.781
2010 -2.054
  2009 -1.931
  2008 -1.907
  2007 -0.998
  2006 -0.572
  2005 -0.483
  2004 0.541
  2003 0.72
  2002 1.241
  2001 1.754
  2000 1.449
  1999 3.147
  1998 2.615
  1997 2.652
  1996 1.23
  1995 0.467
  1994 0.542
  1993 0.711
  1992 0.279
  1991 -0.495
  1990 -0.79
  1989 -0.459
  1988 -0.464
  1987 -0.482
  1986 0.309
  1985 -0.064
  1984 -0.145
  1983 -0.857
  1982 -2.106
  1981 -0.785
  1980 -0.604