However , France experienced stagnant growth between 2012 and 2014 , with the economy expanding by 0 % in 2012 , 0.8 % in 2013 and 0.2 % in 2014 , though growth picked up in 2015 with a growth of 0.8 % and a growth of 1.1 % for 2016 , and a forecasted growth of 1.6 % for 2017 and 1.8 % for 2018 , both forecast growth to each being the highest since 2011 ( 2.1 % ) .
France had a growth of under 1 % for 2015 , under 1.2 % for 2016 with an expected growth of more than 1.4 % for 2017 and a growth of over 1.7 % for 2018 .