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20/10/2021 by

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France

Country context

  • GDP per capita: 50 544 (2021)
  • Government debt: 145.3% of GDP (2021)
  • Population: 67.3 million (2020)
  • General Governance Investment: 16.3% of GFCF (2020)
  • Subnational direct investment: 58.2% of general government (2019)
  • Infrastructure quality: 89.7/100 (2019)
  • Internet access: 91.9% of all households (2021)
  • Air and GHG emissions: 3.8t CO2 emissions/capita (2020)
  • Energy Transition Index: 71/100 (2021)

Source: OECD and World Economic Forum

France data

Transparent, systematic and effective stakeholder participation

Coherent, predictable, and efficient regulatory framework

Whole-of-government approach to manage threats to integrity

Evidence-informed decision making

Strengthen critical infrastructure resilience

Ensuring asset performance throughout its life

Environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient infrastructure

Consistency of country performance in each pillar

Good infrastructure governance requires improvements across different dimensions. Preferably, countries should make progress in all dimensions involved in each of the pillars. Consistency is measured using the coefficient of variation; pay particular attention to pillars with low consistency as they may require more nuanced analysis.

  • Low
  • High

Case studies

  • Tours-Bordeaux project
  • PPP legislation of 2004
  • Managing corruption risk in public procurement
  • France’s Green OATs
  • Green Budgeting Methodology
  • Methodology for assessing impact on GHG emissions
  • Inter-municipal cooperation bodies
  • Declarations of public utility
  • State-region planning contracts
  • Network Performance Improvements (SNCF)
  • Rural High-speed Broadband (GIH, 2019)
  • PPP Prisons Program (GIH, 2019)

Related publications

  • Mécanisme pour l’Interconnexion en Europe (2022)
  • Un an France Relance (2021)
  • Plan de relance, relance France
  • France Relance (2020)
  • Budgetary Governance in Practice: France

Links to useful data

  • 2022 OECD Governance of Infrastructure Dataset
  • 2018 OECD Governance of Capital Budgeting and Infrastructure Dataset
  • France – Country Overview, InfraCompass, Global Infrastructure Hub
  • Country profile of France, OECD
  • World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment, France

Relevant public institutions

  • Ministère de l’économie, des finances, et de la souveraineté industrielle et numérique
  • Direction générale des Finances publiques
  • Direction général du Trésor
  • Direction générale des infrastructures, des transports et des mobilités (DGITM)
  • Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires, Ministère de la Transition énergétique

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