France has a highly developed social market economy with strong state participation in strategic sectors. It is the world's seventh-largest economy by nominal GDP and the ninth-largest economy by PPP,
La Défense in Paris is the financial hub of France and Europe's largest business and economic district.
Change in per capita GDP of France, 1820–2018. Figures are inflation-adjusted to 2011 international dollars.
Tourism in France directly contributed 79.8 billion euros to gross domestic product in 2013, 30% of which comes from international visitors and 70% from domestic tourism spending. As of 2023, France i
Economy of France
…Competitiveness Report (up 2 notches compared to 2018). It was the fifth-largest trading nation in the world (and second in Europe after Germany). France is also the most-visited destination in the world, as well as the European Union's leading agricultural power. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in 2025, France was the world's 25th…
Mont Saint-Michel, Manche
Scandola Nature Reserve, Corsica
Palace of Versailles, Yvelines
The Eiffel Tower seen from the Place du Trocadéro