Social Development in France

175 indicators covering social development for France.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 455 2025 up 490.9% 129th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 472.2% 185th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 328.7% 178th
Political Rights Score 38 2025 unchanged 19th
Freedom Score 89 2025 down 2.2% 43rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 85,227 2025 up 35.2% 18th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0012 units per person 2025 up 30.9% 41st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 1.9% 85th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -25.16 % change on previous year 2025 down 127.2% 98th
Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -3.76 % change on previous year 2025 down 129.1% 98th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.772 2025 down 13.7% 46th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.943 2025 down 2.1% 34th
Political Corruption Index 0.056 2025 up 5.7% 156th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.056 2025 up 5.7% 156th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.56 2024 up 13.4% 62nd
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 down 100.0% 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 down 100.0% 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 down 100.0% 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0009 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,031.0% 176th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.1478 units per square kilometre 2023 up 54.1% 35th
LGBT+ Rights Index 9.83 2019 up 25.5% 15th
Forcibly displaced people 873,646 2025 up 159.9% 31st
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st
Age of electoral democracy 80 years 2025 up 14.3% 13th
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 67 2024 down 2.9% 25th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 11.19 2024 down 12.0% 24th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 10.34 2024 down 12.6% 18th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.8724 2024 down 4.3% 65th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0208 2024 up 28.1% 130th
Self-reported life satisfaction 6.59 2025 up 1.7% 34th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.59 2025 up 1.7% 34th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 25.3% 2024 up 44.0% 140th
Homicide rate 1.35 homicides per 100,000 population 2024 up 10.1% 119th
Homicides 897 homicides 2024 up 13.3% 37th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 1.35 homicides per 100,000 population 2024 up 10.1% 119th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 1.35 homicides per 100,000 population 2024 up 10.1% 118th
Age of electoral democracy 79 years 2025 up 14.5% 17th
States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 unchanged 1st
Citizen support for democracy 0.8361 2020 down 15.4% 22nd
Homicides 477 deaths 2022 up 19.8% 25th
Child homicide rate 0.3513 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 17.1% 60th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.0774 2020 down 274.6% 67th
Homicide rate 0.7247 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 15.7% 78th
Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.7247 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 15.7% 78th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Homicides 643.04 deaths 2021 up 4.1% 74th
Homicide rate 1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.0% 164th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 1 2021 up 1.7% 158th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 15.67 million 2030 up 0.4% 13th
Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 15.67 million 2030 up 0.4% 14th
Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 33.4% 2030 down 1.2% 15th