Australia vs France

Australia vs France: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 0.9% a year in France, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 1.1 percentage points, or 2.23 times that in France.

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% a year · IMF

Australia vs France: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 0.9% a year in France, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 1.1 percentage points, or 2.23 times that in France.
AustraliaFranceIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Australia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook France.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 103 and France ranked 125 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Australia at 2.2% a year and France at 1.1% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAustraliaFrance
202520.9
202411.4
20232.11.8
20224.22.8
20215.46.8
2020-2-7.6
201922.1
20182.81.6
20172.42.3
20162.70.7
20152.31
20142.61
20132.20.9
20123.90.2
20112.82.5
20102.41.8
20092-2.7
20082.70.3
20074.42.5
20062.62.9
200532
20044.12.5
200331
20024.11.1
20012.61.8
20003.14.4
19994.43.3
19984.73.5
19974.72.5
199641.3
199532.5
19944.92.4
19933.9-0.4
19922.61.4
1991-11.3
19901.52.8
19894.64.6
19884.34.7
19874.92.6
19862.42.3
19855.51.7
19846.31.7
1983-0.51.3
19820.12.4
19814.11.2
19802.91.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustraliaFrance
20261.90.4
20271.60.7
20281.81.2
202921.1
20302.11.1
20312.21.1

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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