The reading right now

As of January 2023, Government expenditure for France stood at 23.1%. That is down 0.78 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 23.8%, ranging from a low of 23% in January 2019 to a high of 24.8% in January 2020. The current reading sits 0.72 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 23.8%.

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