France vs EU: Public Debt, Deficit, Tax & Unemployment (Eurostat)

What it does

Pulls official Eurostat series and returns one row per country × indicator: latest value, first value, change in percentage points, gap vs the EU27 aggregate, and the country's rank among the 27 EU member states (1 = highest value). Indicators: general government gross debt, net lending/borrowing (deficit), total expenditure, total revenue (all % of GDP, Eurostat gov_10dd_edpt1 / gov_10a_main), total taxes and net social contributions % of GDP (gov_10a_taxag), unemployment rate 15-74 and 15-24 (une_rt_a).

Who it's for: Economic journalists, newsletter writers, finance/macro dashboards, students, anyone comparing France with other EU countries.

All numbers come straight from the official source at run time. Nothing is estimated or modelled; field names are neutral and every item carries source and source_url.

Input

Defaults work out of the box. Example:

{"countries": ["FR", "DE", "EU27_2020"], "indicators": ["government_debt_pct_gdp", "youth_unemployment_rate_pct", "tax_to_gdp_pct"], "sinceYear": 2015}

Free sample output

Real item from a run on 2026-10-24 (series truncated to the last 3 points):

{
 "indicator": "government_debt_pct_gdp",
 "indicator_label": "General government gross debt, % of GDP",
 "country_code": "FR",
 "country": "France",
 "latest_year": 2025,
 "latest_value": 115.7,
 "first_year": 2015,
 "first_value": 97.0,
 "change_since_first_year_pp": 18.7,
 "eu27_value_latest_year": 81.5,
 "difference_vs_eu27_pp": 34.2,
 "rank_in_eu27_highest_first": 3,
 "eu27_countries_ranked": 27,
 "series": [
  {
   "year": 2023,
   "value": 109.5
  },
  {
   "year": 2024,
   "value": 112.6
  },
  {
   "year": 2025,
   "value": 115.7
  }
 ],
 "source": "Eurostat gov_10dd_edpt1 (na_item=GD, sector=S13, unit=PC_GDP)",
 "source_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/gov_10dd_edpt1/default/table"
}

Export as JSON, CSV, Excel or via the Apify API. Fields: indicator, indicator_label, country_code, country, latest_year, latest_value, first_year, first_value, change_since_first_year_pp, eu27_value_latest_year, difference_vs_eu27_pp, rank_in_eu27_highest_first, eu27_countries_ranked, series, source, source_url.

Pricing

Pay per event: $0.005 per result row ($5 per 1,000), charged only for successful rows (event indicator-row). Errors are returned with an error field and are not charged. Apify free-plan credits cover thousands of rows.

Data source & licence

Eurostat dissemination API (ec.europa.eu/eurostat), © European Union, reuse authorised (CC BY 4.0). Dataset code and filters in each item (source).

Limits

Annual data; the latest year depends on Eurostat releases (EDP notifications in April/October). Ranks only consider EU27 member states with data for that year. Official APIs/open data files only, no scraping, no personal data.