The French public budget › State · revenue in 2025
VAT (central government share)
The tax included in the price of almost everything people buy; the State keeps part of it and passes the rest to Social Security and local authorities.
98.7bn€
received in 2025 by the State and its agencies
Year by year, 2010 to 2025
127.1 bn€ in 2010 · 154.9 bn€ in 2018 (the highest) · 98.7 bn€ in 2025
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Who else receives this money, in 2025
Of 208.8 bn€ in all: 47% for the State and its agencies.
Social Security57.4bn€27%
Local authorities52.8bn€25%
Source: Eurostat, government accounts 2025 ↗.