5, 4, 3, 2, 1: it’s France
FRANCE - FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE
One figure, one fact : 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Five: France is the world’s fifth-largest exporter of products. This high ranking is explained by continued growth of her exports of products, which, at €356 billion, are up 3.6%¹ over 2004.
Four: she is the world’s fourth-largest exporter of services. According to World Trade Organization figures, exports of French services (around €90 billion in 2005) account for 4.8% of the world total.
Three: France ranks third for foreign inward investment. In 2005, she received €51 billion in FDI, i.e. three times the total for the previous year.
Two: for hourly productivity France ranks second in the OECD, ahead of the United States.
One: France is the world’s Number One tourist destination with 76 million tourists in 2005, around 20% of them from the United Kingdom and Ireland². She is also the global leader for agribusiness exports. And all this with just 1% of the world population!
¹French Foreign Trade website: http://www.exporter.gouv.fr/ (in French)
²French Tourism Ministry site: http://www.tourisme.gouv.fr/
last updated 18.12.2006