Poverty & Inequality in France 152 indicators covering poverty & inequality for France. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 22.5% 93rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 42.0% 136th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.64 live births per woman 2023 down 16.9% 145th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,281 kg per hectare 2024 down 17.1% 22nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.0% 170th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -13.65 % change on previous year 2024 down 295.7% 161st Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 43.81 2023 down 3.3% 1st Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 43.8% 2023 down 3.3% 1st Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 10.9% 175th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -4.28 % change on previous year 2023 down 319.2% 153rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.034 2023 down 67.9% 159th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.3% 2023 up 11.0% 59th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0761 2023 down 3.6% 203rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0761 2023 down 3.6% 203rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0966 2023 down 4.6% 187th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 103rd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 103rd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 113th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 up 50.0% 116th Prosperity gap 0.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 unchanged 115th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1789 2023 up 5.7% 133rd Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 100th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 13.2% 2023 up 15.8% 98th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 117th Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 — 158th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.836 2023 up 2.8% 27th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.836 2023 up 2.8% 27th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.836 2023 up 2.8% 27th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.1% 2023 unchanged 109th Three metrics of inequality 45.92 2022 up 2.9% 95th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4592 2022 up 2.9% 95th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 476.82 2023 down 4.1% 40th Income share held by second 20% 12.9% 2023 up 1.6% 36th Income share held by third 20% 17.2% 2023 up 3.6% 28th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.5% 2023 up 3.2% 37th Income share held by highest 20% 39.7% 2023 down 2.9% 87th Income share held by highest 10% 25.0% 2023 down 5.3% 78th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.0% 2023 down 6.2% 48th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.7% 2023 down 3.8% 43rd Gini index 31.8 2023 down 2.2% 85th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.9% 2023 up 21.4% 58th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 34.88 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 3.6% 71st Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.0% 2023 down 6.9% 99th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 16.3% 2025 up 19.9% 22nd Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.2723 2022 down 0.9% 106th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 26.5% 2025 up 10.9% 12th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2723 2022 down 0.9% 106th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 13.3% 2025 up 4.7% 11th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 37,895 2017 up 6.8% 22nd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 20.8% 2025 up 13.0% 18th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 7.0% 2025 up 2.9% 11th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 34.4% 2022 up 4.5% 94th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 12.1% 2022 up 18.2% 79th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 5.0% 2020 down 13.8% 21st Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 18.6% 2020 down 3.1% 27th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 41.0% 2023 down 1.8% 9th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.1% 2023 down 15.6% 108th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3181 2023 down 2.2% 82nd Page 1 of 3 Next →