Current account balance in France i
Free · Quarterly · % of GDP
Source: Eurostat (bop_gdp6_q), retrieved 2026-10-19 · View on Eurostat · See technical sheet
-0.9%
France · Q2 2026
France · Q2 2026Year-on-year change+0.7 pp
Previous period-2.2% Q1 2026
Rank in Europe16 of 32
EU271.2%
Spain2.0%
Trend
Country ranking → France → Compare Spain and France →
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| Period | France | EU27 |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -0.9% | 1.2% |
| Q1 2026 | -2.2% | 1.7% |
| Q4 2025 | 2.9% | 2.2% |
| Q3 2025 | -0.5% | 2.2% |
| Q2 2025 | -1.6% | 1.6% |
| Q1 2025 | -2.5% | 1.6% |
| Q4 2024 | 2.6% | 2.4% |
| Q3 2024 | -0.4% | 2.6% |
| Q2 2024 | -1.5% | 2.5% |
| Q1 2024 | -2.1% | 2.5% |
| Q4 2023 | 2.6% | 2.7% |
| Q3 2023 | -1.6% | 2.6% |
| Q2 2023 | -1.5% | 1.5% |
| Q1 2023 | -3.5% | 1.1% |
| Q4 2022 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Q3 2022 | -2.7% | -0.4% |
Data analysis
France, “Current account balance” (Q2 2026): -0.9%; a year earlier, -1.6% (+0.7 pp: improvement). France ranks 16 of 32 European countries with data. For reference, the EU27 records 1.2% and Spain 2.0%. Over the last 8 periods the series shows a downward trend.
About this indicator
- What is the latest current account balance figure in France?
- -0.9% in Q2 2026, rank 16 of 32 European countries. The EU27 figure is 1.2%.
- What does current account balance measure?
- Current account balance, in % of GDP. A higher value indicates a more favourable situation.
- Where does the current account balance data come from?
- Eurostat, dataset bop_gdp6_q («Main Balance of Payments and International Investment Position items as share of GDP (BPM6)»). RAC-EU downloads it from Eurostat's official API and checks it every day.
- How often is current account balance updated?
- Quarterly. The latest period published is Q2 2026; RAC-EU adds new data and revisions on the day Eurostat publishes them.