Behind every figure, forty‑five years of trajectory.
Public debt, unemployment, inflation, growth, demography: France ÉcoScan puts today's figure back into the long series that gives it meaning — sourced, dated, cross-readable.
Free account required — sign up or log in before entering the Observatory.
Detachable counters for meetings, media, live streams and demosTwenty-two analyses, two levels
Each analysis asks the French economy a question and answers it with several public series, checked against their producer and frozen on a known date. Thirteen are fully public; nine go further, and their continuation opens with a free account.
The major economic studies
France ÉcoScan produces interactive economic studies built on sourced, verifiable public data. Each study starts from a question that figures can settle, rebuilds the calculation from its sources, and states what it does not prove.
Explore over 60 indicators
Debt, unemployment, inflation, sovereign rates, housing and purchasing power: public reference points to cross-check in the interactive observatory.
Transparency
Provisional, revised, final: see the figure, but also its history.
Latest statistical revision
Several series revised by their producers: public debt, housing starts, and bankruptcies.
A value shown today may therefore differ from one you consulted earlier, without this being an error. Significant differences are traced, with their source and date.
See the revisionsBecause raw tables are no longer enough.
France-EcoScan stages long series, turning points, cross-readings and comparisons by presidential mandate since 1981 to provide an immediately useful view of economic reality.
Long trajectories: debt, employment, demographics, energy
Series cross-checks to reveal correlations
Reading by periods and presidential mandates since 1981
Mandate projection: a rare, differentiating and directly usable reading
Editorial summaries to move faster
One platform, four reading modes.
Classic, Network, Editorial or Quantum: the same data can be read according to context, from institutional monitoring to premium presentation. The captures below are the Observatory itself, on public debt.
Institutional skin
Classic
Clear, direct reading for consulting data without visual overload.
Daily monitoring, light-background reading, print.
Flows & signals
Network / Cyber
Dynamic view to identify tensions, alerts and quick cross-readings.
Watch, room screen, studio set.
Presentation
Editorial / Pro
A format designed for notes, meetings, captures and professional use.
Notes, meetings, captures for a deck.
Immersive
Quantum
A statement interface for premium, visual and strongly differentiated reading.
Demos, live sessions, premium presentation.
Detachable counters for meetings, media and influence.
France-EcoScan also includes a projected flow monitor: detachable counters designed for studios, client meetings, live sessions, team rooms, YouTube videos, short formats and professional demos. The goal is to make a few public dynamics immediately visible, even outside the full interface.
See the monitor in the observatoryFlow monitors
Detachable counter
+6,007
EUR
Projection rate · adjusted on 30/09/2026
+288.3 k€
Estimated total
€3,643.2bn
Estimated level Q3 2026
119.0%
Debt/GDP Q2 2026
Detachable format
The module can be isolated from the rest of the observatory to focus attention on a few key counters.
Pro & media use
Meetings, appearances, social content, YouTube, live streams or short formats: the reading is designed to be clear and spectacular.
France 2026 base
GDP, debt, births, deficit, trade balance or greenhouse gases: a base ready for demos and editorial use.
What is open, and to whom.
Three states, nothing in between. The account is free and opens no paid content; a full major study is bought per edition, and payment is not open yet.
Open
No account
The home page, the indicator pages, the thirteen public analyses in full, the public answer of the nine in-depth analyses, the preview of every major study, the revisions page.
Open
Free account
All of the above, plus the interactive Observatory — over 60 indicators, cross-readings, presidential terms, counters, up-to-date mode — and the continuation of the nine in-depth analyses. An account opens no paid content.
Payment not open
Full major study
The full dossier of a major study is bought per edition, once payment opens. No price is announced; the preview stays free.
Frequently asked questions
What is France-EcoScan for?
To quickly read major French macro dynamics through public indicators, cross-readings and visual summaries.
Is the site governmental?
No. The platform is fully independent and represents neither the administration nor a political party.
Do visitors see everything?
No. Every major study has a free preview — method, sources and main findings. The full analysis is not accessible yet: payment is not open.
What does the counter add?
A detachable flow monitor to make a few key counters readable in meetings, media, live videos, YouTube or demos.
Why presidential mandates?
Because political-period reading since 1981 makes turning points, inheritances and long trajectories visible where raw tables often hide them.
Where do the figures come from?
From public producers — INSEE, Banque de France, DARES, Eurostat — read at the source, frozen on a known date and checked against their release. Every figure comes with its source, period and status.
What do provisional, revised and final mean?
A producer first publishes a provisional estimate, revises it as new data arrives, then settles it. France ÉcoScan shows the status of each figure and keeps the trace of its revisions, kept apart from its own corrections.
Why do some analyses require an account?
Thirteen analyses are public in full. For the nine in-depth analyses, the answer is public and the full cross-reading opens with a free account — as does the Observatory. The account sells nothing.
Are the series updated automatically?
No. The data is not real time: each series is refreshed when its producer publishes, checked, then frozen with its date. A value can therefore change between two visits, and that change is traced.
Institutional reliability
Economic observation, without the noise.
Designed for journalists, analysts and decision-makers who need sourced facts quickly.
Consolidated public sources
A clear reading of series from INSEE, Banque de France, Eurostat and public datasets used by France-EcoScan.
Immediate visualization
Visual signals designed to make macroeconomic trends readable without opening a spreadsheet or PDF report.
Transparent reading
Figures remain interpreted as statistical indicators, with a clear separation between data, visualization and analysis.