Interactive French economic observatory
France ÉcoScan, the French economic analysis tool built on public indicators
A complete, visual experience for reading French economic trajectories, bringing public indicators together and understanding orders of magnitude without hiding the limits of interpretation.
More than 60
consolidated public indicators
1981–today
Mitterrand, Chirac, Sarkozy, Hollande, Macron
5
major studies published
An interactive French economic observatory
France ÉcoScan organises French economic indicators into an interactive dashboard. The service helps you explore public data, spot long-term trends, compare signals and place the figures in an educational reading.
More than 60 public indicators for reading the French economy
The application covers public debt, GDP, inflation, unemployment, the 10-year OAT, purchasing power, financial markets, energy, climate, demography, the business fabric, productive capacity and social cohesion.
Comparing the French economy by president since 1981
France ÉcoScan puts long trajectories into perspective by showing the presidential terms of François Mitterrand (1981–1995), Jacques Chirac (1995–2007), Nicolas Sarkozy (2007–2012), François Hollande (2012–2017) and Emmanuel Macron (since 2017). This reading serves to compare economic dynamics over time, without mechanically attributing each change to a single political decision.
Odometers, time series and educational charts
Odometers, dynamic counters, time series and interactive charts make orders of magnitude easier to read. The experience is designed for quickly comparing levels, changes and trend breaks.
Major studies and premium content
Each major study is published with a free preview that shows the method, the series and the thesis; the full study is bought edition by edition. No subscription, no tiers: access derives from a recorded purchase or an explicit role.
What the buyer of a study receives
- A specific edition of a major study, identified at the time of the order: the full study, online, on the buyer’s account — every chapter, interactive chart, table, method and source.
- The edition in its French version and, where published, in its English version — the four published studies exist in both languages, with the same data and the same calculations.
- The edition’s PDF report, generated on request, with a watermark and a delivery identifier, under an individual-use licence.
- Access opened as soon as payment is confirmed when the buyer requests immediate access (terms of sale, articles 4 and 5), and correction of any error in the purchased edition, with no new purchase.
Conditions: terms of sale · refund policy · privacy · legal notice
The published major studies
The cards below are the studies actually published: their title, angle and preview come from the publication register, never from a description written alongside — so a study taken back to the workshop stops being announced here the day it stops being served.
Public finances · 29 September 2026
France's public debt
Why debt keeps rising, and what higher interest rates change
Why French public debt keeps rising, and what the return of higher financing rates changes: a thirty-year decomposition, rate pass-through, conditional trajectories and stated limits.
Wages and prices · 15 September 2026
The purchasing power of France's minimum wage (SMIC)
What the SMIC has really gained against prices since 1996
What the gross hourly SMIC (France's statutory minimum wage) has really gained against prices, measured since 1996, and what the labour market did over the same period: a real-terms index, gains and losses year by year, robustness to the choice of base year, and a cross-check against the reference INSEE publishes for 1990–2025.
Housing · 15 September 2026
Can you still become a homeowner in France?
What has really changed purchasing capacity in the existing-home market
Prices, rates, incomes, down payment and resale: what has really changed home-buying capacity in the existing-home market, and what the figures let you test today — the financeable capital year by year, three exit thresholds, two market environments compared, and the second purchase.
Risk and climate · 15 September 2026
The price of fire
What wildfires really cost, beyond the burned area
Prevent, fight, rebuild: what wildfires really cost France. The only public cost estimate, reproduced from its parameters; the aerial-capacity funnel; what a lost season takes with it beyond the burned area; the timeline of fleet renewal; and the threshold at which prevention spending breaks even.
Purchasing power and budgets · 6 October 2026
What French households really have left
Why purchasing power, the money that remains and the end of the month tell different stories
Average purchasing power is rising, and yet the end of the month feels tighter. What each figure really measures, what housing changes at equal income, who bore the price shock most, and what the shocks ahead could change.
Sources, method and limits
The Sources and Methodology pages describe the reading framework, the public sources and the limits. France ÉcoScan is an educational tool — not financial, tax, political or investment advice, and not an official government tool.
Access the application
Open the interactive France ÉcoScan dashboard.
FAQ
Which tool can I use to visualise French public debt?
France ÉcoScan lets you visualise French public debt with time series, long-run comparisons and benchmarks by presidential term.
How can French economic indicators be compared by presidential term?
The France ÉcoScan application offers a reading by presidential term since 1981, to place economic trajectories within a readable political and historical period.
Is France ÉcoScan an official tool?
No. France ÉcoScan is an independent observatory. It relies on public and institutional data, but does not represent the State or any public administration.
Does France ÉcoScan provide financial advice?
No. France ÉcoScan is an educational and analytical tool. It provides no financial, tax, political or investment advice.
Which indicators can be explored in France ÉcoScan?
The tool covers in particular public debt, GDP, inflation, unemployment, the 10-year OAT, purchasing power, energy, demography, climate and the productive fabric.