France (FR) is covered on EconEarth’s interactive globe with economy, market, and country data drawn from the same dataset used in the live app.
A diversified European power with luxury houses, aerospace, nuclear electricity and a large public sector. The social model delivers services that voters defend fiercely, but it also produces stubborn deficits and frequent labour disputes. Energy independence from nuclear power is a real asset; the challenge is raising growth without blowing up the fiscal arithmetic.
Region: Europe. Population: 68M (rank #22). GDP: $3.00 trillion. GDP per capita: $52,083 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +0.9%. Inflation: +4.9%. Policy rate: 4.5%. Currency: EUR. Equity market cap: $3.20 trillion.