France vs Germany: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing over time
- France
- Germany
How they compare
Germany currently reports 0.71 National currency per US dollar against 0.6776 National currency per US dollar in France, a difference of 0.0324 National currency per US dollar.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Germany ahead.
France ranks 45th and Germany ranks 44th of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 3 and Germany in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6057 National currency per US dollar | 1.32 National currency per US dollar | 0.7124 National currency per US dollar | Germany |
| 1970s | 0.7371 National currency per US dollar | 1.26 National currency per US dollar | 0.5218 National currency per US dollar | Germany |
| 1980s | 0.9763 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.0247 National currency per US dollar | Germany |
| 1990s | 0.9904 National currency per US dollar | 0.9702 National currency per US dollar | 0.0202 National currency per US dollar | France |
| 2000s | 0.9052 National currency per US dollar | 0.8746 National currency per US dollar | 0.0306 National currency per US dollar | France |
| 2010s | 0.7981 National currency per US dollar | 0.7654 National currency per US dollar | 0.0327 National currency per US dollar | France |
| 2020s | 0.6862 National currency per US dollar | 0.7023 National currency per US dollar | 0.0161 National currency per US dollar | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing, France or Germany?
- Germany, at 0.71 National currency per US dollar against 0.6776 National currency per US dollar in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing between France and Germany?
- 0.0324 National currency per US dollar, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Germany?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do France and Germany rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
- France ranks 45th and Germany ranks 44th of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing Power Parities for GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org