Dette France
dette-france.fr
Dette France is an independent website that shows the French public debt in real time, updated every second. It is for anyone interested in French public finances. The counter is based on data from INSEE, Eurostat, AFT and the Banque de France.
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What it does
- A live counter shows the total public debt, updated every second, starting from the latest official figure as of 30 June 2026.
- The site shows per-second flows for taxes, spending, deficit and interest.
- A simulation tool lets users model an auction of French Treasury debt securities.
- A 3D diorama represents the debt as a well that deepens every second.
- The site breaks the debt down per inhabitant and shows the interest cost per person.
- Embed code lets other websites place the counter on their own pages.
Good to know
- The site is in French.
- It works in any web browser.
- The counter's progression is based on a twelve-month rolling average.
In their words
The well does not produce money: it measures. Its depth is that of the debt.
The well deepens by 5 654 € per second.