France‘s national economic wealth, or net worth, totalled €19.59 billion last year, which was 2.6% higher than the previous year, new data from Insee, the French statistics office, has found.
This compares to a 2.5% year-on-year decline the previous year.
According to the data, non-financial wealth, which accounted for most of the total, remained stable, with the rise in the value of buildings offsetting a fall in the value of land.
The overall increase in net worth, therefore, was driven by financial wealth, Insee noted.
Consumer price index
Separate Insee data indicates that the consumer price index in France rose 0.1% in October 2025, compared to the previous month, following a decline in September.
The slight increase in prices was mainly driven by service prices (+0.2%), which were higher due to a seasonal increase in airfares (+14.7%). The price of manufactured products (+0.2%) also contributed to the overall increase, albeit to a lesser extent.
At the same time, food prices continued to fall (-0.2%), as did energy prices (-0.4%), while tobacco prices were unchanged, month-on-month.
‘Seasonally adjusted consumer prices were stable again in October 2025 for the third consecutive month,’ Insee said.
On a year-on-year basis, meanwhile, consumer prices were 0.9% higher, compared to a 1.2% year-on-year increase in September. This was largely driven by a decline in energy prices (-5.6%, following -4.4% the previous month), and a slowdown in food price inflation (+1.3%, after +1.7%).
Within food, fresh products, particularly vegetables, showed a marked fall in prices, while other categories such as milk, cheese, eggs and meat increased at a steady pace. The price of alcoholic beverages increased at the same pace as the previous month (+0.4%).
Elsewhere, the price of manufactured goods continued to fall, with clothing showing slower growth and several consumer goods registering declines. Service prices increased, at the same year-on-year pace as in September. Read more here and here.
