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Economy of France
Statistics
La Défense is the largest business district in Europe
Currency	1 euro (€1) = 100-cent
Fiscal year	Calendar year
Trade organisations	EU, WTO and OECD
GDP	$2.8 trillion (nominal; 2017) $2.83 trillion (PPP; 2017)
GDP rank	6th (Nominal) / 10th (PPP)
GDP growth	0.5% (Q2 2017)
GDP per capita	$37,294 (nominal; 2017)
GDP by sector	agriculture (1.9%), industry (18.3%), services (79.8%) (2016 est)
Inflation (CPI)	0.8%
Population below poverty line	5.7% (2017) [4]
Gini coefficient	28.1 (2017)[5]
Labour force	~30 million (2017)
Labour force by occupation	services (71.8%), industry (24.3%), agriculture (3.8%) (2016)
Unemployment	9.5% (9.0% for metropolitan France) (Q1 2017)
Average gross salary	€35,484 / $42,300 annually (2017)
Average net salary	€26,700 / $30,840 annually (2017)
Main industries	Machinery chemicals automobiles metallurgy aircraft electronics textiles food processing tourism
Ease-of-doing-business rank	29th (2017)
External
Exports	$505.4 billion (2016)
Export goods	machinery and equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages
Main export partners	Germany 16.7%, Belgium 7.5%, Italy 7.5%, Spain 6.9%, United Kingdom 6.9%, United States 5.6%, Netherlands 4.3%, (2012 est.)
Imports	$525.4 billion (2016)
Import goods	machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals
Main import partners	Germany 19.5%, Belgium 11.3%, Italy 7.6%, Netherlands 7.4%, Spain 6.6%, United Kingdom 5.1%, China 4.9%, (2012 est.)
FDI stock	$1.1 trillion (31 December 2016 est.)
Gross external debt	$5.6 trillion (30 June 20116)
Public finances
Public debt	96.5% of GDP (2016)
Revenues	$1.3 trillion (2017 est.)
Expenses	$1.5 trillion (2017 est.)
Economic aid	donor: ODA $10.1 billion (2006) [6]
Credit rating	AA (Domestic) AA (Foreign) AAA (T&C Assessment) (Standard & Poor's)
Foreign reserves	US$172 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
Main data source: CIA World Fact Book All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars.

France has the world's 6th largest economy by nominal figures and the 10th largest economy by PPP figures. It has the 3rd -largest economy in Europe with the UK in 2nd and Germany in 1st. The OECD is headquartered in Paris, the nation's financial capital.

The chemical industry is a key sector for France, helping to develop other manufacturing activities and contributing to economic growth.France's tourism industry is a major component of the economy, as France is the most visited destination in the world.Sophia Antipolis is the major technology hub for the economy of France. According to the IMF, in 2013, France was the world's 20th country by GDP per capita with $44,099 per inhabitant. In 2013, France was listed on the United Nations's Human Development Index with 0.884 (very high human development) and 25th on the Corruption Perceptions Index.

France's economy entered the recession of the late 2000s later and appeared to leave it earlier than most affected economies, only enduring four-quarters of contraction. However, France experienced stagnant growth between 2012 and 2014, with the economy expanding by 0% in 2012, 0.8% in 2013 and 0.2% in 2014, though growth picked up in 2015 with a growth of 0.8% and a growth of 1.1% for 2016, and a forecasted growth of 1.6% for 2017 and 1.8% for 2018, both forecast growth to each being the highest since 2011 (2.1%).

With 31 of the 500 biggest companies of the world in 2015, France ranks 4th in the Fortune Global 500, behind the USA, China and Japan.

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