France's balance of payments - 2025-06

Published on the 7th of August 2025


In June 2025, the current account deficit (seasonally and working-day adjusted data) reached EUR 3.4 billion (after a deficit of 2.6 billion in May). The deficit on trade in goods rose to 7.4 billion (after 6.6 billion in May), while the surplus on trade in services remained almost stable to 5.5 billion (after 5.7 billion in May). On a 12-month cumulative basis, the current account balance stood at EUR - 13.2 billion (after EUR - 11.6 billion a year earlier).

In June 2025, the financial account (cumulative data over 12 months) showed net capital inflows of EUR 37.0 billion (after net outflows of EUR 9.5 billion a year earlier). Direct investment presented net inflows of EUR 29.5 billion (compared with net outflows of EUR 42.0 billion a year earlier). Portfolio investment recorded net outflows of EUR 136.6 billion (after net inflows of 22.1 billion in June 2024). Finally, net inflows from other investments reached EUR 118.3 billion (after net inflows of EUR 5.0 billion in June 2024).



Current account balance and its components
(billion euros, seasonally and working-day adjusted data)
Cumulated figures (over 12 months)
(EUR billions) Jun- 2024 Jun- 2025 May- 2025 Jun- 2025
Current account -11.6 -13.2 -2.6 -3.4
Goods -66.5 -68.7 -6.6 -7.4
Energy -60.1 -47.3 -4.1 -4.2
Goods excl. Energy -6.3 -21.4 -2.5 -3.2
Services 46.9 61.7 5.7 5.5
Travel 15.2 17.2 2.0 1.8
Transport services 0.8 5.6 0.4 0.4

Professional and management consulting services,
Research and development and Technical services ,
trade-related and other business services
7.7 7.5 0.5 0.8
Other services 23.3 31.4 2.7 2.5
Income 7.9 -6.3 -1.6 -1.5
Note : Non-cumulated figures
Source and production : BANQUE DE FRANCE - DGSEI
Balance on financial transactions and its components (billions of euros, not adjusted data)
Cumulated figures (over 12 months)
(EUR billions) Jun- 2024 Jun- 2025 May- 2025 Jun- 2025
Financial account 9.5 -37.0 -21.1 3.3
Direct investment 42.0 -29.5 -0.1 0.4
Abroad 43.8 28.1 2.7 1.4
In France 1.8 57.6 2.8 1.0
Portfolio investment -22.1 136.6 -34.2 21.1
Assets 256.1 319.8 7.5 61.4
Liabilities 278.2 183.2 41.7 40.3
Financial derivatives -8.0 -30.9 -0.6 2.3
Other investment -5.0 -118.3 13.8 -20.6
Reserve assets 2.6 5.0 -0.1 0.2
Note : Cumulated figures
Source and production : BANQUE DE FRANCE - DGSEI
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Updated on the 6th of August 2025