Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in France
France: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing was 0.7325 National currency per US dollar in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in France, 1970–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in National currency per US dollar.
Analysis
In 2025, annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in France stood at 0.7325 National currency per US dollar.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in France peaked at 1.09 National currency per US dollar in 1986 and was at its lowest, 0.686 National currency per US dollar, in 1970.
That places France 44th out of 53 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7683 National currency per US dollar | 0.686 National currency per US dollar | 0.8575 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.02 National currency per US dollar | 0.8753 National currency per US dollar | 1.09 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.01 National currency per US dollar | 0.9661 National currency per US dollar | 1.05 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9251 National currency per US dollar | 0.9055 National currency per US dollar | 0.9435 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8603 National currency per US dollar | 0.8074 National currency per US dollar | 0.8979 National currency per US dollar | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7497 National currency per US dollar | 0.7169 National currency per US dollar | 0.7927 National currency per US dollar | 6 |
Countries ranked near France
- 41 Finland 0.802 National currency per US dollar compare
- 42 Belgium 0.7718 National currency per US dollar compare
- 43 Austria 0.7504 National currency per US dollar compare
- 45 Germany 0.7189 National currency per US dollar compare
- 46 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.7015 National currency per US dollar compare
- 47 Italy 0.6448 National currency per US dollar compare
More population data for France
- Population growth rate by level of development -0.033 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5 3.16 million (2100)
- Population density 125.07 (2100)
- Population growth rate -0.033 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate 0.1075 % change on previous year (2100)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.1504 Percent per annum (2030)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 65,827 Persons (2050)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 0.1505 % change on previous year (2030)
- Fertility and wanted fertility 1.61 (2024)
- Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 721,771 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in France?
- Annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in France was 0.7325 National currency per US dollar in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 National currency per US dollar in 1986.
- What is the lowest annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.686 National currency per US dollar in 1970.
- How does France rank for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
- France ranks 44th out of 53 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing Power Parities for household final consumption expenditure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org