| Country | France |
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | Comparison with other OECD countries |
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| Population and migration | Evolution of the population | Total population. | | 58 896 | 59 193 | 59 489 | 59 768 | |
Population growth rates | | 0.466 | 0.504 | 0.5 | 0.469 | |
Birth rates | | 13.2 | 13 | 12.8 | 12.7 | |
Ageing societies | Population aged 65 and over: Ratio to the total population | | 16.1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population aged 65 and over: Ratio to total labour force | | 36.6 | .. | .. | .. | |
Trends in migration | Net migration | | 0.8 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | |
| Macroeconomic trends | Size of GDP | Gross domestic product | | 1 532.494 | 1 619.274 | 1 678.94 | 1 714.858 | |
GDP per capita | | 25 293 | 26 552 | 27 217 | .. | |
Volume index of GDP per capita | | 102.805 | 104.331 | 103.898 | .. | |
Value added by activity | Value added in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing | | 2.721 | 2.713 | 2.552 | 2.63 | |
Value added in Industry, including energy | | 20.106 | 20.025 | 19.725 | 18.756 | |
Value added in construction | | 4.647 | 4.791 | 4.872 | 5.014 | |
Value added in transport, trade, hotels and restaurants | | 19.086 | 19.343 | 18.97 | 18.571 | |
Value added in banks, insurance, real estate and other business services | | 29.945 | 29.585 | 29.874 | 31.029 | |
Value added in government, health, education and other personal services | | 23.495 | 23.543 | 24.007 | 24 | |
Evolution of GDP | Real GDP growth | | 4.208 | 2.092 | 1.099 | 0.53 | |
Evolution of value added by activity | Real value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing | | -2.202 | -3.963 | 4.747 | -7.422 | |
Real value added in industry | | 4.243 | 2.843 | 0.819 | -0.103 | |
Real value added in services | | 3.951 | 2.033 | 1.864 | 1.012 | |
Household saving | Household saving rates: net saving | | 10.95 | 11.517 | 12.117 | 11.091 | |
Labour productivity  | Labour productivity in the business sector | | 1.503 | 0.227 | 0.41 | 0.753 | |
Multi-factor productivity | Multi-factor productivity | | 2.955 | 0.948 | 1.83 | .. | |
Energy supply | Total primary energy supply | | 257.6 | 266.4 | 265.9 | 270.3 | |
Electricity generation | Electricity generation | | 536 | 546.4 | 554.8 | 563.3 | |
Steel production | Steel production  | | 18.794 | 17.343 | 18.216 | 17.767 | |
Fisheries | Fish landings in domestic and foreign ports | | 682.307 | 664.793 | 689.58 | .. | |
Aquaculture production | | 266.656 | 252.559 | 250.042 | .. | |
| Economic globalisation | Share of trade in GDP | Trade in goods and services | | 27.929 | 27.137 | 26.088 | 25.188 | |
Trade in goods | Trade balance: exports of goods minus imports of goods | | -8.466 | -4.362 | 1.119 | -4.517 | |
Imports of goods | | 304.026 | 304.21 | 303.775 | 362.398 | |
Exports of goods | | 295.56 | 299.847 | 304.894 | 357.881 | |
Trade in services | Services trade balance | | 19.801 | 17.827 | 17.609 | 14.737 | |
Imports of services | | 60.802 | 62.333 | 68.242 | 84.294 | |
Exports of services | | 80.603 | 80.16 | 85.851 | 99.031 | |
Trading partners | Share of total OECD merchandise trade | | 5.09 | 5.317 | 5.3 | 5.418 | |
Share of total OECD merchandise imports | | 5.945 | 6.134 | 6.114 | 6.293 | |
Share of total OECD merchandise exports | | 5.518 | 5.726 | 5.707 | 5.856 | |
Balance of payments  | Current account balance of payments | | 1.301 | 1.602 | 1.946 | 0.984 | |
FDI flows and stocks | Cumulative FDI flows in OECD countries, 1990-2003: inflows | | .. | .. | .. | 416.709 | |
Cumulative FDI flows in OECD countries, 1990-2003: outflows | | .. | .. | .. | 764.188 | |
Cumulative FDI flows in OECD countries, 1990-2003: net outflows | | .. | .. | .. | 347.479 | |
Inflows of foreign direct investment | | 43 258.386 | 50 485.098 | 48 949.699 | 47 025.531 | |
Outlows of foreign direct investment | | 177 481.57 | 86 783.317 | 49 478.146 | 57 332.806 | |
FDI and employment | Share of employment in manufacturing of affiliates under foreign control | | 30.119 | 30.781 | .. | .. | |
Share of employment in services of affiliates under foreign control | | 6.075 | 5.619 | .. | .. | |
| Prices | Consumer Price Indices (CPI) | CPI: all items | | 100 | 101.6 | 103.6 | 105.8 | |
CPI: food | | 100 | 105.5 | 108.4 | 110.9 | |
CPI: energy | | 100 | 98.4 | 96.9 | 99.2 | |
Producer Price Indices (PPI) | PPI: manufacturing | | 100 | 101.2 | 101 | 101.3 | |
Long-term interest rates | Long-term interest rates | | 5.39 | 4.94 | 4.86 | 4.13 | |
Rates of conversion | Purchasing power parities (PPPs) | | 0.927 | 0.911 | 0.909 | 0.908 | |
Exchange rates | | 1.085 | 1.118 | 1.063 | 0.886 | |
Indices of price levels | | 88.598 | 88.683 | 92.157 | 102.387 | |
International competitiveness | Relative consumer price indices | | 89.62 | 89.373 | 90.481 | 94.587 | |
Relative unit labour costs in manufacturing | | 82.097 | 80.662 | 81.459 | 85.421 | |
Real effective exchange rates | | 95.681 | 96.575 | 98.03 | 102.517 | |
| Labour market | Employment rates by gender | Employment rates: total | | 61.137 | 62.036 | 62.165 | 62.745 | |
Employment rates: men | | 69.389 | 70.011 | 69.226 | 69.034 | |
Employment rates: women | | 54.326 | 55.168 | 55.826 | 56.683 | |
Employment rates by age group | Employment rates for age group 15-24 | | 23.236 | 24.284 | 24.09 | 29.844 | |
Employment rates for age group 25-54 | | 78.25 | 79.345 | 79.364 | 79.321 | |
Employment rates for age group 55-64 | | 34.308 | 36.478 | 39.293 | 36.812 | |
Part-time employment | Part-time employment rates | | 14.206 | 13.801 | 13.74 | 12.908 | |
Self-employment | Self-employment rates: total | | 9.197 | 8.901 | 8.729 | 8.842 | |
Self-employment rates: men | | 11.096 | 10.782 | 10.083 | 10.074 | |
Self-employment rates: women | | 6.924 | 6.66 | 7.141 | 7.422 | |
Standardised unemployment rates | Standardised unemployment rates: total | | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | |
Standardised unemployment rates: men  | | 7.6 | 7 | 7.9 | 8.5 | |
Standardised unemployment rates: women | | 10.9 | 10 | 10 | 10.5 | |
Long-term unemployment | Long-term unemployment | | 42.556 | 37.59 | 33.761 | 42.937 | |
| Science and technology | Expenditure on R&D | Gross domestic expenditure on R&D | | 2.18 | 2.2 | .. | .. | |
Investment in knowledge | Investment in knowledge | | 4.598 | .. | .. | .. | |
Researchers | Number of researchers | | 7.13 | .. | .. | .. | |
Patents | Triadic patent families according to the residence of the inventors | | 2 126.852 | .. | .. | .. | |
Size of the ICT sector | Share of ICT Services in value added: telecommunication services | | 2.83 | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT Services in value added: computer and related services | | 4.039 | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT Services in value added: other ICT services | | 2.265 | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT Services in value added: total | | 9.134 | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT manufacturing in value added: computer and office equipment | | 0.62 | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT manufacturing in value added: other ICT manufacturing | | 5.647 | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT manufacturing in value added: total | | 6.267 | .. | .. | .. | |
Investment in ICT | Shares of ICT investment in non-residential fixed capital formation | | 12.799 | 13.234 | 13.709 | .. | |
Computer and internet access by households | Households with access to home computers | | 27 | 32.4 | 36.6 | 41 | |
Households with access to the Internet | | 11.9 | 18.1 | 23 | 28 | |
High-technology exports | Export shares of high-technology industries in OECD countries | | 25.63 | 25.5 | 24.13 | .. | |
| Environment | Emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | CO2 emissions from energy use | | 376 | 384 | 377 | .. | |
Water consumption | Freshwater abstractions: per capita | | .. | .. | 530 | .. | |
Municipal waste | Municipal waste generation: total amounts | | .. | .. | 32 174 | .. | |
Municipal waste generation: intensities, latest available year | | .. | .. | 530 | .. | |
Energy supply and economic growth | Total primary energy supply per unit of GDP | | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.19 | |
Energy supply per capita | Energy supply per capita | | 4.25 | 4.37 | 4.34 | 4.41 | |
Renewable energy | Contribution of renewables to total primary energy supply  | | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 6.4 | |
| Education | International student assessment | Reading scale in PISA: mean scores | | 504.742 | .. | .. | 496.189 | |
Reading scale in PISA: standard errors | | 2.728 | .. | .. | 2.678 | |
Science scale in PISA: Mean score | | 500.49 | .. | .. | 511.225 | |
Science scale in PISA: standard errors | | 3.18 | .. | .. | 2.992 | |
Tertiary attainment | Tertiary attainment for age group 25-64 | | 22.048 | 23.021 | 23.98 | .. | |
Tertiary attainment for age group 25-34 | | 32.389 | 34.233 | 36.053 | .. | |
Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64 | | 13.291 | 14.118 | 15.163 | 13.874 | |
Expenditure by level of education | Expenditure per student : primary, secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education | | .. | 6 782.712 | .. | .. | |
Expenditure per student: tertiary education | | .. | 8 837.228 | .. | .. | |
Public and private education expenditure | Education expenditure: public | | .. | 5.607 | .. | .. | |
Education expenditure: private | | .. | 0.377 | .. | .. | |
Education expenditure: total | | .. | 5.984 | .. | .. | |
| Public policies | Government deficits | Government net borrowing / net lending | | -1.404 | -1.527 | -3.257 | -4.143 | |
Government debt | General government gross financial liabilities | | 66.165 | 64.904 | 68.677 | 71.169 | |
Social expenditure | Social expenditure | | 28.337 | 28.455 | .. | .. | |
Health expenditure | Public expenditure on health: value | | 1 832 | 1 964 | 2 080 | .. | |
Public expenditure on health: index | | .. | .. | 131 | .. | |
Government support for fishing | Government financial transfers for fishing | | 166 146.789 | 141 785.714 | 155 283.019 | .. | |
Official development assistance | Official development assistance  | | 0.319 | 0.319 | 0.381 | 0.411 | |
Total tax revenue | Total tax revenue | | 45.233 | 44.979 | .. | .. | |
Taxes on income and profits | | 11.287 | 11.42 | .. | .. | |
Taxes on goods and services | | 11.654 | 11.336 | .. | .. | |
Taxes on the average production worker | Taxes on the average production worker | | 48.155 | 48.329 | 48.168 | 48.325 | |
| Quality of life | Life expectancy | Life expectancy at birth: total | | 79 | 79.2 | 79.4 | .. | |
Life expectancy at birth: men | | 75.2 | 75.5 | 75.8 | .. | |
Life expectancy at birth: women | | 82.7 | 82.9 | 83 | .. | |
Infant mortality | Infant mortality | | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.1 | .. | |
Obesity | Obesity: females | | .. | .. | 9.1 | .. | |
Obesity: males | | .. | .. | 9.7 | .. | |
Obesity: total | | .. | .. | 9.4 | .. | |
Public and private health expenditure | Total health expenditure per capita: value | | .. | .. | 2 736 | .. | |
Total health expenditure per capita: percentage OECD average | | .. | .. | 124 | .. | |
Public expenditure on health per capita: value | | .. | .. | 2 080 | .. | |
Public expenditure on health per capita: OECD average | | .. | .. | 131 | .. | |
Hours worked | Actual hours worked | | 1 496 | 1 475 | 1 437 | 1 431 | |
Tourism: hotel nights | Arrivals of non-resident tourists staying in hotels and similar establishments | | 36 473.863 | 35 097.007 | 36 093.094 | 32 531 | |
Victimisation rates | Population victimised at least once: car vandalism | | 8.2 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: car theft | | 1.7 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: theft from car | | 5.5 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: motorcycle theft | | 0.3 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: bicycle theft | | 1.8 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: assaults and threats | | 4.2 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: sexual incidents | | 1.1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: burglaries | | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: robberies | | 1.1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Road motor vehicles and road fatalities | Road motor vehicles | | 572.716 | 582.99 | 586.709 | .. | |
Road fatalities: population | | 129.455 | 130.089 | 120.901 | .. | |
Road fatalities: vehicles | | 226.037 | 223.141 | 206.066 | .. | |