France - External balance on goods and services

External balance on goods and services (current US$)

The latest value for External balance on goods and services (current US$) in France was ($53,136,110,000) as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $43,773,880,000 in 1997 and ($55,810,450,000) in 2011.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 $1,514,648,000
1961 $1,448,216,000
1962 $918,089,500
1963 $589,915,700
1964 $172,723,100
1965 $1,202,418,000
1966 $664,319,500
1967 $442,436,800
1968 $216,568,200
1969 ($565,763,500)
1970 $806,661,200
1971 $1,583,994,000
1972 $1,578,674,000
1973 $1,701,532,000
1974 ($3,127,387,000)
1975 $3,516,904,000
1976 ($3,460,803,000)
1977 ($692,698,600)
1978 $5,305,232,000
1979 $2,445,267,000
1980 ($10,782,370,000)
1981 ($9,056,126,000)
1982 ($14,358,720,000)
1983 ($1,495,826,000)
1984 $685,281,100
1985 ($2,035,334,000)
1986 ($933,800,600)
1987 ($10,257,560,000)
1988 ($6,711,816,000)
1989 ($7,027,555,000)
1990 ($9,957,837,000)
1991 ($3,984,420,000)
1992 $9,382,900,000
1993 $22,223,770,000
1994 $20,831,760,000
1995 $25,613,090,000
1996 $28,611,360,000
1997 $43,773,880,000
1998 $41,278,630,000
1999 $35,718,430,000
2000 $18,145,290,000
2001 $21,662,590,000
2002 $29,879,180,000
2003 $26,305,130,000
2004 $21,464,780,000
2005 $1,876,088,000
2006 ($5,414,142,000)
2007 ($19,003,050,000)
2008 ($33,942,090,000)
2009 ($21,373,650,000)
2010 ($34,154,440,000)
2011 ($55,810,450,000)
2012 ($34,780,510,000)
2013 ($29,091,100,000)
2014 ($32,713,000,000)
2015 ($13,816,760,000)
2016 ($14,963,120,000)
2017 ($27,627,480,000)
2018 ($28,205,920,000)
2019 ($26,125,180,000)
2020 ($53,136,110,000)

External balance on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in France was -46,521,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38,950,000,000 in 1997 and a minimum value of -46,521,000,000 in 2020.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 1,140,000,000
1961 1,090,000,000
1962 691,000,000
1963 444,000,000
1964 130,000,000
1965 905,000,000
1966 500,000,000
1967 333,000,000
1968 163,000,000
1969 -448,000,000
1970 683,000,000
1971 1,338,000,000
1972 1,214,000,000
1973 1,155,000,000
1974 -2,293,000,000
1975 2,299,000,000
1976 -2,534,000,000
1977 -518,000,000
1978 3,650,000,000
1979 1,586,000,000
1980 -6,946,000,000
1981 -7,503,000,000
1982 -14,386,000,000
1983 -1,738,000,000
1984 913,000,000
1985 -2,788,000,000
1986 -986,000,000
1987 -9,399,000,000
1988 -6,095,000,000
1989 -6,835,000,000
1990 -8,266,000,000
1991 -3,427,000,000
1992 7,572,000,000
1993 19,188,000,000
1994 17,632,000,000
1995 19,489,000,000
1996 22,314,000,000
1997 38,950,000,000
1998 37,126,000,000
1999 33,514,000,000
2000 19,646,000,000
2001 24,187,000,000
2002 31,599,000,000
2003 23,255,000,000
2004 17,256,000,000
2005 1,508,000,000
2006 -4,312,000,000
2007 -13,866,000,000
2008 -23,078,000,000
2009 -15,324,000,000
2010 -25,763,000,000
2011 -40,095,000,000
2012 -27,071,000,000
2013 -21,904,000,000
2014 -24,624,000,000
2015 -12,453,000,000
2016 -13,518,000,000
2017 -24,456,000,000
2018 -23,884,000,000
2019 -23,337,000,000
2020 -46,521,000,000

External balance on goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (constant LCU) in France was -46,062,170,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 47,110,800,000 in 1997 and a minimum value of -46,062,170,000 in 2020.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 2,835,260,000
1961 2,362,352,000
1962 520,001,900
1963 -962,024,800
1964 -3,683,900,000
1965 -475,268,400
1966 -2,531,039,000
1967 -3,873,855,000
1968 -5,113,441,000
1969 -8,910,878,000
1970 -3,834,658,000
1971 -2,300,152,000
1972 -5,752,797,000
1973 -8,912,773,000
1974 -3,215,536,000
1975 3,602,432,000
1976 -6,942,402,000
1977 303,888,000
1978 3,083,605,000
1979 468,953,000
1980 -3,010,060,000
1981 6,544,610,000
1982 -704,297,000
1983 11,056,480,000
1984 17,001,340,000
1985 13,166,610,000
1986 291,494,000
1987 -8,389,058,000
1988 -9,064,001,000
1989 -6,394,671,000
1990 -8,675,002,000
1991 -1,375,783,000
1992 8,712,794,000
1993 17,936,390,000
1994 17,716,460,000
1995 22,752,860,000
1996 28,826,490,000
1997 47,110,800,000
1998 41,698,150,000
1999 37,456,900,000
2000 33,135,030,000
2001 37,105,210,000
2002 38,073,520,000
2003 29,440,610,000
2004 27,209,610,000
2005 17,078,510,000
2006 20,122,160,000
2007 4,766,455,000
2008 -63,636,000
2009 -8,934,604,000
2010 -10,740,420,000
2011 -8,434,634,000
2012 7,200,536,000
2013 5,682,258,000
2014 -4,160,178,000
2015 -12,453,000,000
2016 -20,571,660,000
2017 -22,185,680,000
2018 -12,523,740,000
2019 -18,236,520,000
2020 -46,062,170,000

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in France was -2.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.01 in 1997, while its lowest value was -2.45 in 1982.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2.43
1961 2.15
1962 1.21
1963 0.70
1964 0.18
1965 1.18
1966 0.60
1967 0.37
1968 0.17
1969 -0.40
1970 0.54
1971 0.95
1972 0.78
1973 0.64
1974 -1.10
1975 0.97
1976 -0.93
1977 -0.17
1978 1.05
1979 0.40
1980 -1.54
1981 -1.47
1982 -2.45
1983 -0.27
1984 0.13
1985 -0.37
1986 -0.12
1987 -1.10
1988 -0.66
1989 -0.69
1990 -0.78
1991 -0.31
1992 0.67
1993 1.68
1994 1.49
1995 1.60
1996 1.78
1997 3.01
1998 2.75
1999 2.39
2000 1.33
2001 1.57
2002 1.99
2003 1.43
2004 1.01
2005 0.09
2006 -0.23
2007 -0.71
2008 -1.16
2009 -0.79
2010 -1.29
2011 -1.95
2012 -1.30
2013 -1.03
2014 -1.15
2015 -0.57
2016 -0.61
2017 -1.06
2018 -1.01
2019 -0.96
2020 -2.02

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts