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France: Economic Data

May 25th 2004

From the Economist Intelligence Unit

Source: Country data

2000

2001

2002

2003

GDP per head ($ at PPP)

25,401

26,950

27,500

27,840

GDP (% real change pa)

4.22

2.08

1.21

0.17

Government consumption (% of GDP)

23.23

23.82

24.28

Budget balance (% of GDP)

-1.4

-1.6

-3.1

-4.1

Consumer prices (% change pa; av)

1.69

1.63

1.92

2.11

Public debt (% of GDP)

65.39

64.97

67.12

69.1

Labour costs per hour (USD)

15.7

15.91

17.42

21.53

Recorded unemployment (%)

9.46

8.68

9.03

9.54

Current-account balance/GDP

1.41

1.75

1.79

1.5

Foreign-exchange reserves (mUS$)

37,039

31,749

28,365

30,187

Notes

Government consumption (% of GDP)

Individual and collective government consumption, plus consumption by non-profit making agencies.

Labour costs per hour

For production workers. Includes pay for time worked, other direct pay (eg. holiday pay), employer expenditures on legally required insurance programmes and other labour taxes.