Inflation Rate (CPI): France
Current Value (2024)
2.0%
All-Time Peak (1974)
13.6%
All-Time Low (2015)
0.0%
Inflation Rate (CPI) — France
Analysis# France's Inflation Rate Analysis (1960–2024)
France's inflation peaked at 13.65% in 1974 during the global oil crisis, reflecting the severe stagflation that gripped Western economies following OPEC's embargo, while the current rate of 1.99% (2024) sits well below the European Central Bank's 2% target and represents a normalization after the 2021–2023 post-pandemic surge. The 2015 low of 0.04% demonstrates the deflationary pressures France faced during the eurozone's prolonged recovery from the 2008 financial crisis and sovereign debt crisis, a period when the ECB's accommodative
Historical Data
| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.0% | -59.02% |
| 2023 | 4.9% | -6.59% |
| 2022 | 5.2% | +217.98% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | +244.67% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -57.00% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | -40.12% |
| 2018 | 1.9% | +79.29% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +463.06% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +388.71% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -92.61% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -41.21% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | -55.80% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | -7.45% |
| 2011 | 2.1% | +37.91% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | +1647.45% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | -96.89% |
| 2008 | 2.8% | +89.04% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | -11.17% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | -4.05% |
| 2005 | 1.7% | -18.50% |
Show all 65 rows
| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2.1% | +2.08% |
| 2003 | 2.1% | +9.10% |
| 2002 | 1.9% | +17.66% |
| 2001 | 1.6% | -2.46% |
| 2000 | 1.7% | +212.01% |
| 1999 | 0.5% | -17.51% |
| 1998 | 0.7% | -45.92% |
| 1997 | 1.2% | -39.28% |
| 1996 | 2.0% | +10.38% |
| 1995 | 1.8% | +8.51% |
| 1994 | 1.7% | -21.33% |
| 1993 | 2.1% | -10.97% |
| 1992 | 2.4% | -26.44% |
| 1991 | 3.2% | +0.60% |
| 1990 | 3.2% | -8.69% |
| 1989 | 3.5% | +29.53% |
| 1988 | 2.7% | -17.88% |
| 1987 | 3.3% | +29.56% |
| 1986 | 2.5% | -56.47% |
| 1985 | 5.8% | -24.01% |
| 1984 | 7.7% | -18.88% |
| 1983 | 9.5% | -21.03% |
| 1982 | 12.0% | -10.03% |
| 1981 | 13.3% | -1.83% |
| 1980 | 13.6% | +27.39% |
| 1979 | 10.6% | +15.09% |
| 1978 | 9.3% | -2.57% |
| 1977 | 9.5% | -1.36% |
| 1976 | 9.6% | -17.63% |
| 1975 | 11.7% | -14.38% |
| 1974 | 13.6% | +84.94% |
| 1973 | 7.4% | +21.73% |
| 1972 | 6.1% | +12.33% |
| 1971 | 5.4% | +1.85% |
| 1970 | 5.3% | -12.34% |
| 1969 | 6.0% | +33.08% |
| 1968 | 4.5% | +62.74% |
| 1967 | 2.8% | +7.29% |
| 1966 | 2.6% | -3.74% |
| 1965 | 2.7% | -15.82% |
| 1964 | 3.2% | -35.77% |
| 1963 | 5.0% | -6.23% |
| 1962 | 5.3% | +122.09% |
| 1961 | 2.4% | -42.02% |
| 1960 | 4.1% | — |