France vs Mexico

France vs Mexico: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 0.9% a year in France and 0.5% a year in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 0.4 percentage points, or 1.79 times that in Mexico.

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% a year · IMF

France vs Mexico: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 0.9% a year in France and 0.5% a year in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 0.4 percentage points, or 1.79 times that in Mexico.
FranceMexicoIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • France has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Mexico.
  • In 2025, France ranked 125 and Mexico ranked 132 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts France at 1.1% a year and Mexico at 2.1% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearFranceMexico
20250.90.5
20241.41.5
20231.83.1
20222.83.7
20216.86
2020-7.6-8.4
20192.1-0.4
20181.62
20172.31.9
20160.71.8
201512.7
201412.5
20130.90.9
20120.23.6
20112.53.4
20101.85
2009-2.7-6.3
20080.30.9
20072.52.1
20062.94.8
200522.1
20042.53.6
200311.2
20021.1-0.2
20011.8-0.5
20004.45
19993.32.8
19983.56.2
19972.57.2
19961.36.2
19952.5-5.9
19942.44.4
1993-0.42.9
19921.43.6
19911.34
19902.85.3
19894.63.6
19884.71.2
19872.62.1
19862.3-3.9
19851.71.9
19841.73.5
19831.3-4.6
19822.4-0.1
19811.29.6
19801.89.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearFranceMexico
20260.41.5
20270.71.8
20281.22.2
20291.12.1
20301.12.1
20311.12.1

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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