France vs Portugal

France vs Portugal: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 0.9% a year in France and 1.9% a year in Portugal, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Portugal, by 1 percentage points, or 2.09 times that in France.

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% a year · IMF

France vs Portugal: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 0.9% a year in France and 1.9% a year in Portugal, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Portugal, by 1 percentage points, or 2.09 times that in France.
FrancePortugalIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Portugal has been higher since 2022, when it overtook France.
  • In 2025, France ranked 125 and Portugal ranked 104 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts France at 1.1% a year and Portugal at 1.6% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearFrancePortugal
20250.91.9
20241.42.2
20231.83.1
20222.87
20216.85.6
2020-7.6-8.2
20192.12.7
20181.62.9
20172.33.3
20160.72
201511.6
201410.7
20130.9-1
20120.2-4.1
20112.5-1.7
20101.81.7
2009-2.7-3.1
20080.30.3
20072.52.5
20062.91.6
200520.8
20042.51.8
20031-0.9
20021.10.8
20011.81.9
20004.43.8
19993.33.9
19983.54.8
19972.54.4
19961.33.5
19952.52.3
19942.41.5
1993-0.4-0.7
19921.43.1
19911.33.4
19902.87.9
19894.66.6
19884.75.3
19872.67.6
19862.33.3
19851.71.6
19841.7-1
19831.31
19822.42.2
19811.23.5
19801.86.7
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearFrancePortugal
20260.42.1
20270.71.9
20281.21.8
20291.11.7
20301.11.7
20311.11.6

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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