# France vs EU: Debt, Deficit, Tax & Unemployment (Eurostat) (`france-open-data/eu-public-finances-france-vs-eu`) Actor

Official Eurostat time series for France and any EU country: government debt, deficit, spending, revenue, tax-to-GDP, unemployment, youth unemployment, with EU27 rank.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/france-open-data/eu-public-finances-france-vs-eu.md
- **Developed by:** [France Open Data](https://apify.com/france-open-data) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 one country × indicator time series

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 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:

```json
{"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):

```json
{
 "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.

# Actor input Schema

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Eurostat geo codes, e.g. FR, DE, IT, ES, EL (Greece), EU27_2020, EA20.

## `indicators` (type: `array`):

Leave empty for all.

## `sinceYear` (type: `integer`):

First year of the time series.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "FR",
    "DE",
    "IT",
    "ES",
    "EU27_2020"
  ],
  "indicators": [
    "government_debt_pct_gdp",
    "government_balance_pct_gdp",
    "tax_to_gdp_pct"
  ],
  "sinceYear": 2010
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "countries": [
        "FR",
        "DE",
        "IT",
        "ES",
        "EU27_2020"
    ],
    "indicators": [
        "government_debt_pct_gdp",
        "government_balance_pct_gdp",
        "tax_to_gdp_pct"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("france-open-data/eu-public-finances-france-vs-eu").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "countries": [
        "FR",
        "DE",
        "IT",
        "ES",
        "EU27_2020",
    ],
    "indicators": [
        "government_debt_pct_gdp",
        "government_balance_pct_gdp",
        "tax_to_gdp_pct",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("france-open-data/eu-public-finances-france-vs-eu").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "countries": [
    "FR",
    "DE",
    "IT",
    "ES",
    "EU27_2020"
  ],
  "indicators": [
    "government_debt_pct_gdp",
    "government_balance_pct_gdp",
    "tax_to_gdp_pct"
  ]
}' |
apify call france-open-data/eu-public-finances-france-vs-eu --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,france-open-data/eu-public-finances-france-vs-eu"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ZeVQTVkfcmYuWpcy3/builds/kzVba0NtgfKcFfmZv/openapi.json