France vs Germany: Economic Indicators Comparison

Germany with a GDP of $3.9T ranked the 4th largest economy in the world, while France ranked 6th with $2.8T. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Germany and France ranked 136th vs 149th and 19th vs 27th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	France	Germany
GDP	$2.8T	$3.9T
GDP growth, 1 year	1.5%	1.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	1.4%	1.9%
Population	66.6M	83.1M
GDP per capita	$41k	$48k
GDP per capita growth	1.54%	1.2%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.77	0.76
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.91	0.9
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$46k	$53k
GNI, Atlas method	$2.8T	$3.9T
GNI per capita	$41k	$47k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$3.1T	$4.5T
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$46k	$55k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	France	Germany
Income Tax Rate	45%	47.5%
Corporate Tax Rate	31%	15.8%
Inflation, consumer prices	2.1%	1.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	0.8%	1.5%
Unemployment	9.2%	3.4%
Economic Freedom Index	66	73.5
Personal Freedom Index	8.96	9.14
Human Freedom Index	8.25	8.42
Property Rights Index	85.9	80.5
Judical Effectiveness Index	71.2	74.3
Business Freedom Index	82.5	82.8
Fiscal Health Index	67.1	92.9
Labor Freedom Index	46.1	53
Investment Freedom Index	75	80
Financial Freedom Index	70	70
Trade Freedom Index	81.4	86.4
Monetary Freedom Index	76.7	76.7
Government Spending Index	4.5	42.2
Tax Burden Index	48.8	60.9
Government Integrity Index	83.3	82.8
Corruption Perceptions Index	72	80
Life expectancy at birth, years	82.5	81
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	17.7	13.6
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	5.5	4.1
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	1.3	1
International tourism, number of arrivals	89.3M	38.9M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	France	Germany
Central government debt, % of GDP	98.6%	59.8%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
External debt stocks	N/A	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	9.3%	14.1%
Gross savings, % of GDP	22.9%	29.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	23.5%	21.8%
Total reserves including gold	$166.5B	$198B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$59.9B	$105.3B

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	France	Germany
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	31.3%	47.4%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	32.1%	41.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$19B	$289.9B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	44.7%	28.5%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	N/A	N/A
Personal remittances received	$27B	$18B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	16.9%	27.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	1.6%	0.8%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$15.9B	$15.6B
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$16.8B	$24.4B
Expense, % of GDP	47.5%	28.2%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	56.4%	43.9%