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Economy & public finances★ Primary KPI

France — GDP Growth

Change in real GDP from one period to the next; positive means the economy grows, negative that it shrinks.

-0.1 %

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — GDP

Gross domestic product at current prices, expressed in billions of US dollars (market exchange rate). The standard cross-country measure of "size of the economy" in a common currency.

3,755 USD bn

2030

Source: IMF· 2025

Economy & public finances

France — Public Debt / GDP

Total government debt as a share of GDP; the lower the ratio, the more sustainable the debt.

115.6 % PIB

2025

Source: INSEE· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Budget Balance / GDP

Government revenue minus spending over a year, as % of GDP; negative is a deficit, positive a surplus.

-5.8 % PIB

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Public spending

Total government spending relative to GDP; gauges the weight of the state in the economy.

57.3 % PIB

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — GDP per capita

National output (GDP) divided by population; a rough proxy for average living standards, in dollars.

42.6K USD

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Hourly labour cost

Average compensation of employees per hour worked — the level used in EU cost-competitiveness comparisons.

39.4 EUR/hour

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Labour productivity per hour

Real labour productivity per hour worked (index 2015=100) — long-run growth driver.

99.77 index

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Consumer confidence

Monthly consumer confidence indicator — standard sentiment headline, pairs with the existing business climate.

-16.29 balance

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Industrial confidence

Monthly industrial confidence indicator (SA) — sentiment in the producing sector.

-9.38 balance

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Mandatory levies

Taxes and social contributions collected, as % of GDP; measures the overall tax burden.

45.2 % PIB

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Direct taxes — % GDP

Direct taxes (income, wealth, D5) as % of GDP — political-economy headline within total levies.

12.5 % GDP

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Indirect taxes — % GDP

Indirect taxes on products & production (D2) as % of GDP — VAT + excise headline.

15.5 % GDP

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Industrial production

Index of the volume produced by industry (factories, energy); tracks industrial activity month by month, base 100 at a reference year.

53.46 index

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Gross fixed capital formation

Investment in durable assets — machinery, buildings, housing — by firms, households and government; shown as an index.

84,922 index

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Current account balance

Balance of current transactions with abroad (goods, services, income), as % of GDP; positive means the country lends to the world.

-0.1 % PIB

2030

Source: IMF· 2025

Economy & public finances

France — Business climate

Index summarising business managers' sentiment; above 100 conditions are seen as favourable, below as unfavourable.

96.36 index

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Real GDP per capita

Chain-linked-volume GDP per capita (base 2020) — the real-terms version of GDP per head.

38,110 EUR/capita

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Real disposable income per capita

Quarterly real gross disposable income of households per capita (index 2010=100).

111 index

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Household saving rate

Gross saving rate of households — share of disposable income not consumed.

18.6 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — NFC profit share

Gross profit share of non-financial corporations (B2G_B3G / B1G) — wage/profit split debate centre.

31 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — NFC investment rate

Gross investment rate of non-financial corporations (P51G / B1G) — supply-side health check.

21.7 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — R&D intensity

Total R&D expenditure as % of GDP — knowledge-economy headline; 3% Lisbon reference target.

2.2 % GDP

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Social contributions — % GDP

Social contributions (D61) as % of GDP — third pillar of France's high fiscal pressure.

16.5 % GDP

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — 10-year sovereign bond yield

Monthly average yield on the 10-year EMU convergence benchmark bond — sovereign borrowing-cost barometer.

3.37 % p.a.

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — Business birth rate

Employment-weighted enterprise birth rate (NACE B-S excl. holding cos) — entrepreneurship dynamic.

0.7 %

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Economy & public finances

France — International reserves

Total reserve assets held by the central bank (gold, FX, SDRs, IMF position). Signals the country's ability to meet external obligations.

343,154 M USD

2025

Source: IMF· 2025

Labour market★ Primary KPI

France — Unemployment Rate

Share of the labour force without a job and seeking one, per the ILO definition; lower is better.

7.9 %

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Labour market

France — Youth Unemployment

Unemployment rate for ages 15-24; usually higher than average, it reveals young people's entry difficulties.

15.8 %

2025

Source: ILO· 2023

Labour market

France — Net salaried job creation

Change in the number of salaried jobs over the period; positive means net job creation, negative net losses.

27K count

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Labour market

France — Long-term unemployment

Share of the unemployed out of work for over a year; a high level signals entrenched unemployment.

8.5 %

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Labour market

France — Employment Rate

Share of people aged 15-64 who are employed; measures how well the economy puts working-age people to work.

52.1 %

2025

Source: ILO· 2023

Labour market

France — Activity rate

Share of people aged 15-64 in the labour market (employed or seeking work); measures engagement in working life.

75.6 %

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Labour market

France — Median Wage

Median monthly gross wage

2.6K USD

2023

Source: World Bank

Labour market

France — Hours worked

Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person. Measures work intensity.

30.73 hours/week

2024

Source: ILO· 2023

Labour market

France — Job vacancies / tightness

Index of unfilled jobs and recruitment tightness; a high level signals hiring difficulties.

2.4 index

2025

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Labour market

France — Part-time share

Share of part-time jobs; useful to spot involuntary part-time work and job quality.

22.6 %

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Labour market

France — NEET rate 15-29

Share of 15-29 year-olds neither in employment nor in education or training.

12.5 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — NEET rate 18-24

Share of 18-24 year-olds neither in employment nor in education or training — post-bac subset.

14.1 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — Temporary employment share

Share of employees aged 15-64 with a temporary contract — precariousness headline.

15.3 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — Employment rate — tertiary education

Employment rate of 20-64 year-olds with tertiary education (ISCED 5-8) — premium for higher education.

85.8 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — Employment rate — low education

Employment rate of 20-64 year-olds with at most lower-secondary education (ISCED 0-2) — penalty for low education.

54.2 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — Unemployment rate — low education

Unemployment rate of 20-64 year-olds with at most lower-secondary education.

12.4 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — Unemployment rate — tertiary education

Unemployment rate of 20-64 year-olds with tertiary education — premium-side mirror of low-educ figure.

5 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — Job vacancy rate

Vacant posts as % of total occupied + vacant posts in NACE B-S — labour-market tightness.

2.4 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — Gender pay gap

Unadjusted gender pay gap — how much less women earn per hour vs men in NACE B-S excl. public admin.

12.2 %

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Labour market

France — Labour cost index — total

Quarterly labour cost index for NACE B-S (compensation of employees + taxes − subsidies), index 2020=100.

113 index

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — Labour cost index — services

Same LCI for NACE G-N services aggregate (wholesale, retail, transport, ICT, finance, real estate, professional & support services).

113 index

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — Minimum wage as % of median

Statutory monthly minimum wage as a share of median gross monthly earnings (NACE B-S) — Kaitz ratio.

60.5 %

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — Minimum wage as % of mean

Statutory monthly minimum wage as a share of mean gross monthly earnings (NACE B-S).

48.9 %

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — Active population share 20-64

Persons in the labour force aged 20-64 as % of total population in that age group — quarterly LFS read.

81.4 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — Early leavers from education

Share of 18-24 year-olds who left education with at most lower-secondary and are not in further training — EU 2030 target metric.

7.7 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Labour market

France — Labour force participation rate

Share of the working-age population (15+) that is either employed or actively seeking work. Measures labour-market engagement.

56 %

2025

Source: ILO· 2023

Purchasing power & prices★ Primary KPI

France — Inflation (CPI)

Average annual rise in consumer prices (CPI); 2% is the common target, above it purchasing power erodes.

1.5 %

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — Core inflation

Inflation excluding volatile energy and food prices; reveals the underlying price trend.

1.1 %

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP (harmonised)

EU-harmonised consumer price index; allows inflation to be compared across EU countries.

1.8 %

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — Energy prices

Trend in energy prices (fuel, gas, electricity); a volatile component that weighs on household budgets.

5.56 index

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — Food prices

Trend in food prices; an essential spending item, closely watched during inflation.

1.6 index

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — Household purchasing power

Change in households' purchasing power per consumption unit; what income can actually buy once prices are factored in.

2.1 %

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — Average wage (SMPT)

Average wage per head; the mean gross pay of employees, in euros.

44.9K EUR

2024

Source: OECD· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — Minimum wage (SMIC)

Level of the statutory minimum wage; the legal pay floor, in euros.

1.8K EUR

2025-S2

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — Rent index (IRL)

Reference rent index that caps rent increases; base 100 at a reference year.

147 index

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — Household savings rate

Share of disposable income households save rather than spend, in %; reflects caution and confidence.

17.9 %

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP overall (level)

Harmonised consumer price index, base 2015=100 — the level behind the YoY inflation rate.

124 index

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP services (YoY)

Annual rate of change for services prices — the stickier part of inflation.

2.2 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP goods (YoY)

Annual rate of change for goods prices — the more cyclical half.

-1.4 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP excl. energy + food

YoY excluding energy + food — the supercore measure central banks watch.

1.6 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP food (YoY)

Food price annual inflation — the most-felt component on the supermarket bill.

1.5 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP energy (YoY)

Energy price annual inflation — volatile fuel/electricity/gas component.

-5.4 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP housing & utilities (YoY)

Annual inflation in housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (COICOP CP04).

-0.2 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP transport (YoY)

Annual inflation in transport (COICOP CP07) — includes vehicles, fuels, public transport.

-0.1 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP restaurants & hotels (YoY)

Annual inflation in restaurants and hotels (COICOP CP11) — service-sector pricing.

2.4 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP education (YoY)

Annual inflation in education (COICOP CP10) — tuition + course fees.

3 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP health (YoY)

Annual inflation in health (COICOP CP06) — out-of-pocket medical costs.

2 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP alcohol & tobacco (YoY)

Annual inflation in alcohol and tobacco (COICOP CP02) — heavily driven by taxes.

2.4 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — HICP clothing & footwear (YoY)

Annual inflation in clothing & footwear (COICOP CP03).

0.8 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — House price index (existing dwellings)

Quarterly index of purchases of existing dwellings, 2015=100 — housing-market direction.

127 index

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Purchasing power & prices

France — Cannot afford a meal with meat every 2 days

EU-SILC indicator — % of population unable to afford a meal with meat / fish / vegetarian equivalent every 2 days.

7.4 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Education & training★ Primary KPI

France — Education expenditure

Total spending on education as % of GDP; measures the national effort for schools and universities.

5.3 % PIB

2022

Source: World Bank· 2026

Education & training★ Primary KPI

France — Education Spending

Public spending on education

5.4 % GDP

2023

Source: World Bank

Education & training

France — Baccalauréat pass rate

Share of candidates who pass the baccalauréat; a measure of success at the end of secondary school.

91.6 %

2025

Source: MENJ / DEPP (Ministère de l'Éducation nationale)

Education & training

France — Student/Teacher Ratio

Primary school student–teacher ratio

17.5 ratio

2023

Source: World Bank

Education & training

France — Tertiary Attainment

Share of 25-34 year-olds with a tertiary degree; measures the qualification level of the young generation.

53.4 %

2024

Source: MENJ / DEPP (Ministère de l'Éducation nationale)

Education & training

France — Early School Leaving

Share leaving education early

7.2 %

2023

Source: World Bank

Education & training

France — Early school leaving

Share of 18-24 year-olds who left school without an upper-secondary qualification; lower is better.

7.7 %

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Education & training

France — PISA scores

Average pupil score on the international PISA tests (reading, maths, science); allows education systems to be compared.

495 score

2018

Source: World Bank· 2024

Education & training

France — Student-teacher ratio

Average number of pupils per teacher; a lower ratio means better supervision.

18.18 ratio

2013

Source: World Bank· 2026

Education & training

France — Tertiary enrolment

Number of students enrolled in higher education; tracks the expansion of universities.

71.53 count

2024

Source: World Bank· 2026

Education & training

France — Graduate employment

Share of graduates employed soon after leaving education; measures entry into the job market.

81.2 %

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Education & training

France — Spending per student

Average spending per pupil or student, in euros; measures resources allocated per learner.

10.3K EUR

2022

Source: Eurostat· 2025

Education & training

France — Tertiary attainment 25-34

Share of 25-34 year-olds with tertiary education (ISCED 5-8) — EU 2030 ≥45% target reference.

53.4 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Education & training

France — Tertiary attainment 25-34 — female

Female-only share of 25-34 with tertiary education — gender gap in higher-ed attainment.

56.5 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Education & training

France — Tertiary attainment 25-34 — male

Male-only share of 25-34 with tertiary education — companion to the female series.

50.1 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Education & training

France — Adult learning participation

Share of 25-64 year-olds in formal or non-formal education in the past 4 weeks — lifelong-learning headline.

15.2 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Education & training

France — Recent graduates employment

Employment rate of 20-34 who finished education ≥ ISCED 3 in the last 1-3 years — value of the diploma.

81.2 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Education & training

France — Recent tertiary graduates employment

Same as the broader metric but for tertiary-only graduates (ISCED 5-8).

86.2 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Education & training

France — Pupil-teacher ratio — primary

Number of pupils per teacher at primary level (ISCED 1) — class-size proxy.

18.1 ratio

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Education & training

France — Pupil-teacher ratio — lower secondary

Number of pupils per teacher at lower-secondary level (ISCED 2) — collège-level class-size proxy.

14.7 ratio

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Education & training

France — Public spending per pupil — primary

Annual public expenditure per pupil at primary level (EUR, public institutions).

8.2K EUR

2022

Source: BIS· 2025

Education & training

France — Public spending per pupil — lower secondary

Annual public expenditure per pupil at lower-secondary level (EUR).

10.2K EUR

2022

Source: BIS· 2025

Education & training

France — Public spending per pupil — tertiary

Annual public expenditure per student at tertiary level (ISCED 5-8, EUR).

15.4K EUR

2022

Source: BIS· 2025

Education & training

France — Childcare under 3 — full-time

Share of children under 3 in formal childcare ≥30 hours/week — early-childhood enrollment headline.

42 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Education & training

France — Childcare under 3 — part-time

Share of children under 3 in formal childcare 1-29 hours/week — companion to the full-time figure.

17.3 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Education & training

France — Digital skills — at least basic

Share of 16-74 with at least basic digital skills (DigComp framework) — EU 2030 ≥80% target reference.

65.7 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Education & training

France — Digital skills — above basic

Stricter cut of digital skills — share with above-basic level in all five DigComp components.

35 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Health★ Primary KPI

France — Life expectancy

Average number of years a newborn can expect to live under current mortality conditions.

83.1 years

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Health

France — Healthy life expectancy

Years of life expected without major disability; measures quality, not just length, of life.

63.8 years

2023

Source: Eurostat· 2025

Health

France — Infant mortality

Deaths of children before age 1 per 1,000 live births; a key indicator of a country's health.

3.4 per 1000

2024

Source: World Bank· 2026

Health

France — Health expenditure

Current health spending as % of GDP; measures resources devoted to the healthcare system.

11.5 % PIB

2024

Source: OECD· 2025

Health

France — Health spending per capita

Current health spending per capita, in US dollars. Measures what a country devotes on average per person to the healthcare system.

5.3K USD

2024

Source: World Bank· 2026

Health

France — Physician density

Number of physicians per 1,000 inhabitants; a low level signals medical deserts.

3.28 per 1000

2022

Source: World Bank· 2026

Health

France — Vaccination coverage

Share of the population properly vaccinated; a high rate protects the community.

96 %

2024

Source: World Bank· 2026

Health

France — Preventable mortality

Deaths that could have been avoided through prevention or care, per 100,000; lower is better.

114 per 100k

2022

Source: OECD

Health

France — Hospital beds

Number of hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants; measures hospital capacity.

5.65 per 1000

2022

Source: World Bank· 2026

Health

France — Healthy life years at birth

Years a newborn can expect to live free from limiting health problems.

63.8 years

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Health

France — Healthy life years at 50

Years a 50-year-old can expect to live without activity limitation.

20.5 years

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Health

France — Healthy life years at 65

Years a 65-year-old can expect to live without activity limitation — key retirement metric.

11.3 years

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Health

France — Healthy life years at birth — female

Female-only HLY at birth.

64.1 years

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Health

France — Healthy life years at birth — male

Male-only HLY at birth — pair to female series.

63.5 years

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Health

France — All-cause mortality rate

Age-standardised death rate, all causes per 100k inhabitants.

848 per 100k

2021

Source: BIS· 2026

Health

France — Cancer mortality

Age-standardised death rate for malignant neoplasms (ICD C).

222 per 100k

2022

Source: BIS· 2026

Health

France — Cardiovascular mortality

Age-standardised death rate for circulatory diseases (ICD I).

172 per 100k

2022

Source: BIS· 2026

Health

France — Respiratory mortality

Age-standardised death rate for respiratory diseases (ICD J).

55.56 per 100k

2022

Source: BIS· 2026

Health

France — Stroke mortality

Age-standardised death rate for cerebrovascular diseases (ICD I60-I69).

39.22 per 100k

2022

Source: BIS· 2026

Health

France — Ischemic heart disease mortality

Age-standardised death rate for ischaemic heart disease (ICD I20-I25).

39.95 per 100k

2022

Source: BIS· 2026

Health

France — Diabetes mortality

Age-standardised death rate for diabetes (ICD E10-E14).

15.79 per 100k

2022

Source: BIS· 2026

Health

France — Accidental death rate

Age-standardised death rate for accidents (V01-X59, Y85, Y86).

40.89 per 100k

2022

Source: BIS· 2026

Health

France — Health spending — compulsory schemes per capita

Per-capita health expenditure from government schemes + compulsory contributory insurance (HF1) in EUR.

4K EUR

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Health

France — HIV/AIDS mortality

Age-standardised death rate for HIV disease (ICD B20-B24).

0.32 per 100k

2022

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime★ Primary KPI

France — Homicide Rate

Homicides per 100,000 inhabitants; the most reliable violence indicator as it is best recorded.

1.46 per 100k

2025

Source: Service statistique ministériel de la sécurité intérieure (Ministère de l'Intérieur)· 2026

Security & crime

France — Assault & violence

Recorded intentional assaults per 100,000 inhabitants; measures physical violence.

316 per 100k

2025

Source: Service statistique ministériel de la sécurité intérieure (Ministère de l'Intérieur)· 2026

Security & crime

France — Domestic violence

Violence within the family per 100,000 inhabitants; reporting has risen sharply in recent years.

376 per 100k

2025

Source: Service statistique ministériel de la sécurité intérieure (Ministère de l'Intérieur)· 2026

Security & crime

France — Incarceration Rate

Prison population per 100 000

104 /100k

2023

Source: World Bank

Security & crime

France — Theft

Recorded thefts with and without violence, per 100,000 inhabitants.

911 per 100k

2025

Source: Service statistique ministériel de la sécurité intérieure (Ministère de l'Intérieur)· 2026

Security & crime

France — Theft Rate

Thefts recorded per 100 000

1,550 /100k

2023

Source: World Bank

Security & crime

France — Burglary

Recorded residential burglaries, per 100,000 inhabitants.

310 per 100k

2025

Source: Service statistique ministériel de la sécurité intérieure (Ministère de l'Intérieur)· 2026

Security & crime

France — Drug offences

Offences linked to drug trafficking and use, per 100,000 inhabitants.

83.04 per 100k

2025

Source: Service statistique ministériel de la sécurité intérieure (Ministère de l'Intérieur)· 2026

Security & crime

France — Fraud & cybercrime

Recorded fraud and digital offences per 100,000 inhabitants; rising fast.

652 per 100k

2025

Source: Service statistique ministériel de la sécurité intérieure (Ministère de l'Intérieur)· 2026

Security & crime

France — Feeling of insecurity

Share of people reporting feeling unsafe (survey); captures perception, distinct from recorded facts.

11.3 %

2019

Source: Service statistique ministériel de la sécurité intérieure (Ministère de l'Intérieur)· 2025

Security & crime

France — Attempted homicide

Recorded attempted homicides.

4K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime

France — Serious assault

Recorded serious physical assaults.

417.5K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime

France — Rape

Recorded rapes.

41.7K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime

France — Sexual assault (recorded)

Recorded sexual assaults (excluding rape).

48K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime

France — Sexual exploitation

Recorded acts of sexual exploitation (prostitution, trafficking).

14.2K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime

France — Robbery (recorded)

Recorded robberies (theft using force or threat).

62.9K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime

France — Burglary — residential

Recorded burglaries of private residences.

201.7K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime

France — Motor vehicle theft

Recorded thefts of motorised vehicles or parts.

138.7K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime

France — Fraud offences

Recorded fraud offences.

259.5K count

2022

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime

France — Corruption offences

Recorded corruption offences.

2.6K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime

France — Money-laundering offences

Recorded money-laundering offences.

2.9K count

2022

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime

France — Acts against computer systems

Recorded acts against computer systems (unauthorised access etc.).

17.9K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime

France — Theft rate (per 100k)

Recorded thefts per 100k inhabitants — comparable across countries.

454 per 100k

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Security & crime

France — Police officers (per 100k)

Number of police officers per 100k inhabitants — staffing intensity.

360 per 100k

2021

Source: BIS· 2025

Security & crime

France — Official prison capacity

Official maximum capacity of the prison system — paired with the existing prison-population indicator.

61.8K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Professional judges

Total professional judges in service — judicial workforce.

7.9K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Judges per 100k

Professional judges per 100k inhabitants — comparable judicial intensity.

11.52 per 100k

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Female professional judges

Female professional judges — gender breakdown of the judicial workforce.

5.5K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Male professional judges

Male professional judges — pairs with the female series.

2.4K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Police officers

Total police officers (ISCO OC5412).

243.8K count

2021

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Female police officers

Female police officers in service.

46.3K count

2021

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Male police officers

Male police officers in service.

172.2K count

2021

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Adult prison personnel

Personnel working in adult prison institutions.

41.6K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Adult prison personnel per 100k

Adult prison personnel per 100k inhabitants — staffing density.

60.88 per 100k

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Juvenile prison personnel

Personnel working in juvenile prison institutions.

455 count

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Female prison personnel

Female personnel in adult prisons — gender breakdown.

16.5K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Official prison capacity per 100k

Official prison capacity per 100k inhabitants — comparable system size.

90.47 per 100k

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Prisoners (per 100k)

Persons actually held in prison per 100k inhabitants.

111 per 100k

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Prisoners (total count)

Persons actually held in prison — total stock.

75.9K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Justice

France — Female police officers per 100k

Female police officers per 100k inhabitants — gender intensity in policing.

132 per 100k

2021

Source: BIS· 2025

Housing★ Primary KPI

France — Property price index

House price index (Notaires-INSEE); tracks property prices, base 100 at a reference year.

126 index

2026

Source: INSEE· 2026

Housing

France — Housing cost burden

Share of income households spend on housing (rent or loan plus costs); above 40% is considered overburden.

18.5 %

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Housing

France — Home ownership rate

Share of households owning their home; a marker of wealth and residential stability.

61.2 %

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Housing

France — Overcrowding

Share of overcrowded dwellings (too many people per room); an indicator of inadequate housing.

10.4 %

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Housing

France — House price change (YoY)

Year-on-year change in existing-dwellings prices.

0.5 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — New dwellings price index

Quarterly price index of new dwellings, base 2015=100.

131 index

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Actual rents YoY

Annual change in actual rents paid by households (HICP CP041).

2.3 %

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Housing cost overburden

Share of population spending >40% of disposable income on housing.

3 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Severe housing deprivation

Share in overcrowded households with leaks/no bath/dark dwelling.

2.9 %

2023

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Owner-occupier share

Share of population owning their dwelling (with or without mortgage).

67.2 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Owners with mortgage

Share owning with outstanding mortgage.

34.9 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Outright owners

Share owning outright (no mortgage).

32.3 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Tenant share

Share renting (market + reduced/free).

32.8 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Tenant — market price

Share renting at market price.

16.9 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Tenant — reduced/free

Share renting at reduced price or for free (social housing, in kind).

21.9 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Building permits — single-dwelling

Monthly index (2021=100) of one-dwelling permits.

62.96 index

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Building permits — multi-dwelling

Monthly index (2021=100) of 2+ dwelling permits.

92.12 index

2025

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Rooms per person — flat

Average number of rooms per person living in a flat — overcrowding proxy.

1.5 ratio

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Cost overburden — poverty

Cost-overburden rate among population below 60% of median equivalised income.

27.9 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Housing

France — Household credit

Outstanding credit to households as % of GDP. Measures structural household leverage.

60.5 % GDP

2024

Source: BIS· 2025

Immigration & integration★ Primary KPI

France — Residence permits issued

Number of first residence permits issued, by reason (work, study, asylum, family).

342.2K count

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Asylum applications

Number of asylum applications filed, and the share granted protection.

129.9K count

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Naturalisations

Number of people who acquired the country's nationality during the year.

97.3K count

2023

Source: Eurostat· 2025

Immigration & integration

France — Net migration

Difference between people entering and leaving the territory; positive means more arrivals than departures.

90.5K count

2024

Source: World Bank· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Immigrant employment rate

Employment rate of the immigrant population; compared with the average, it gauges economic integration.

62.4 %

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Removals / OQTF

Number of removal orders carried out; measures enforcement of removal policy.

14.7K count

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Family reunification

Number of admissions under family reunification.

90.7K count

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Gross immigration

Number of persons immigrating to France in a given year — the inbound flow that pairs with the existing net-migration figure.

417.6K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Immigration & integration

France — Gross emigration

Number of persons emigrating from France in a given year — the outbound flow that complements the immigration count.

266.4K count

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Immigration & integration

France — First-instance asylum decisions

Total first-instance asylum decisions issued — measures the throughput of OFPRA's pipeline.

137.9K count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — First-instance positive asylum decisions

Combined positive first-instance decisions — refugee, subsidiary and humanitarian status grants.

52.1K count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Refugee status grants (first instance)

First-instance grants of Geneva Convention refugee status — the strictest, most protective category.

29.9K count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Subsidiary protection grants (first instance)

First-instance grants of subsidiary protection — applicants who don't meet Geneva criteria but face real danger if returned.

22.2K count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Final-instance positive asylum decisions

Positive final-instance decisions (post-appeal) — captures CNDA appeal overturns of OFPRA rejections.

13.1K count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Valid residence permits — total

Stock of all valid residence permits at year-end — the legally-resident foreign population. Distinct from the annual first-issuance flow.

4.3M count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Valid permits — employment

Stock of valid residence permits issued for employment reasons — measures economic-migration policy outcomes.

450.8K count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Valid permits — education

Stock of valid student permits — proxies higher-education attractiveness and soft-power influence.

350K count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Valid permits — family

Stock of valid family-reasons permits — the single largest category of legal residence in France.

1.4M count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Valid permits — other reasons

Stock of valid permits issued for reasons other than work / study / family — catch-all (humanitarian, retirement, etc.).

1.5M count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Foreign-born population

Total population born outside France — absolute headcount that complements the existing share metric.

9.3M count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Foreign-citizens unemployment rate

Unemployment rate of foreign citizens aged 20-64 — direct labour-market integration outcome.

12.8 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Immigration & integration

France — Foreign-citizens activity rate

Share of foreign citizens aged 20-64 who are economically active — sets the denominator behind the unemployment rate.

71.5 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate★ Primary KPI

France — GHG emissions

Total greenhouse-gas emissions, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent; cutting it is the climate goal.

378 MtCO2e

2024

Source: World Bank· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Renewable energy share

Share of renewables in energy consumption; the higher, the more decarbonised the mix.

16.2 %

2021

Source: World Bank· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Air quality (PM2.5)

Average concentration of fine PM2.5 particles in the air; above WHO thresholds, health is at risk.

9.6 µg/m3

2020

Source: World Bank· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Electricity production by source

548 TWh· 2024

Total production

Other
Solar PV
Wind
Hydro
Other thermal
Oil
Natural gas
Coal
Nuclear

Electricity generation by source (not primary energy). Physical balance in TWh.

Source: SDES — Bilan physique de l'électricité· 2024

Environment, energy & climate

France — Waste & recycling

Share of waste recycled rather than landfilled or burned; tracks circular-economy progress.

52.3 %

2022

Source: Service des données et études statistiques (Ministère de la Transition écologique)· 2025

Environment, energy & climate

France — Forest cover

Share of land covered by forest; a carbon sink and a biodiversity marker.

32.5 %

2023

Source: World Bank· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Household electricity price

Eurostat band DC (2 500–4 999 kWh/year), all taxes & levies included.

0.27 EUR/kWh

2025-S1

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Household natural-gas price

Eurostat band D2 (20–199 GJ/year), all taxes & levies included.

36.05 EUR/GJ

2025-S1

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Industrial electricity price

Eurostat band IB (20–499 MWh/year), all taxes & levies included; medium-industry tariff.

0.26 EUR/kWh

2025-S1

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Industrial natural-gas price

Eurostat band I3 (10 000–99 999 GJ/year), all taxes & levies included; large-industry tariff.

22.18 EUR/GJ

2025-S1

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Energy poverty

Share of population unable to keep their home adequately warm (SDG 7.1 indicator).

9.8 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Utility-bill arrears

Share of population in arrears on utility bills — a financial-stress signal that usually starts with the energy bill.

5.2 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Energy import dependency

Share of energy needs covered by net imports — strategic-autonomy headline figure.

40.1 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Energy productivity

GDP generated per kg of oil equivalent of gross available energy; the Commission's decoupling KPI.

10.32 EUR/kgoe

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Renewable share — electricity

Share of electricity generation coming from renewable sources; the electricity-side transition metric.

31.3 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Renewable share — heating & cooling

Share of heating and cooling demand met by renewable sources; the heating-side transition metric.

31.3 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Renewable share — transport

Share of transport energy from renewable sources; the slowest-moving of the three transition sectors for FR.

10.8 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Installed solar PV capacity

Net maximum electrical capacity of solar PV — build-out pace of the most visible renewable technology.

25.1K MW

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Installed onshore-wind capacity

Net maximum electrical capacity of onshore wind — the other half of the visible renewable build-out.

22.7K MW

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Alternative-fuel car fleet

Stock of alternative-fuel passenger cars in circulation — EV, hybrid, hydrogen and other low-carbon fleets combined.

1.7M count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Environment, energy & climate

France — Heating degree days

Annual sum of degree days below the heating threshold — weather context that helps normalise demand and bills.

2.1K number

2024

Source: BIS· 2025

Transport & mobility★ Primary KPI

France — Road Mortality

Number of people killed on the roads; the main road-safety indicator.

4.9 count

2023

Source: World Bank

Transport & mobility

France — Passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants

Stock of passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants — motorisation rate.

579 per 1000

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Transport & mobility

France — Rail passenger-km

Total passenger-kilometres travelled by rail — usage intensity.

107.3K M pkm

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Transport & mobility

France — Rail passengers (thousands)

Total rail passengers transported per year.

1.3M ths

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Transport & mobility

France — Road traffic fatalities

Total persons killed in road traffic accidents.

2.9K count

2021

Source: BIS· 2023

Transport & mobility

France — Road fatalities per million

Road fatalities per million inhabitants — comparable across countries.

43 per million

2021

Source: BIS· 2023

Transport & mobility

France — Road fatalities — female

Female persons killed in road traffic accidents.

643 count

2021

Source: BIS· 2023

Transport & mobility

France — Road fatalities — male

Male persons killed in road traffic accidents.

2.3K count

2021

Source: BIS· 2023

Transport & mobility

France — Modal share — cars

Share of total inland passenger transport done by passenger cars (passenger-km basis).

83.7 %

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Transport & mobility

France — Modal share — rail

Share of total inland passenger transport done by trains.

11.1 %

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Transport & mobility

France — Modal share — bus & coach

Share of total inland passenger transport done by buses and coaches.

5.2 %

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Transport & mobility

France — Public transport modal share

Combined share of trains + buses/coaches in inland passenger transport — public-transport intensity.

16.3 %

2023

Source: BIS· 2025

Transport & mobility

France — Rail freight (tonne-km)

Total goods transported by rail in million tonne-kilometres.

34.8K M tkm

2016

Source: BIS· 2026

Transport & mobility

France — Road fatalities — sex unknown

Road fatalities with unknown sex — completeness check.

0 count

2021

Source: BIS· 2023

Transport & mobility

France — Scheduled international flights

Scheduled commercial international passenger flights — civil aviation activity.

905.9K count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Transport & mobility

France — Total international flights

Total commercial international passenger flights (scheduled + non-scheduled).

950.5K count

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality★ Primary KPI

France — Poverty rate

Share of the population below the poverty line (60% of median income); lower is better.

15.9 %

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Median living standard

Income level splitting the population in two halves, in euros per year; the middle income, less skewed than the average.

25.6K EUR

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Gini index

Measure of income inequality from 0 (perfect equality) to 1; the lower the index, the more equal the society.

30 index

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Poverty intensity

Gap between poor people's income and the poverty line; measures the depth, not the number, of poverty.

18.8 %

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Material deprivation

Share of people lacking essential goods or services (heating, meals, emergencies); concrete poverty, beyond income alone.

12.9 %

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Child poverty

Share of children below the poverty line; a closely watched indicator as it drives lasting inequality.

21.4 %

2024

Source: Eurostat· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Gender income gap

Average income gap between women and men, in %; measures gender economic inequality.

12.2 %

2023

Source: Eurostat· 2025

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Household over-indebtedness

Number of over-indebtedness filings; signals households' financial fragility.

5.9 count

2024

Source: BIS· 2025

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — AROPE rate (total)

At-risk-of-poverty-or-social-exclusion rate — Europe 2030 headline poverty metric.

20.5 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — AROPE rate — female

AROPE rate for women — gender breakdown.

21.7 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — AROPE rate — male

AROPE rate for men — pair with the female series.

19.2 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — AROPE rate — youth 16-29

AROPE rate for young people aged 16-29.

23.5 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — AROPE rate — elderly 65+

AROPE rate for the 65+ population.

14.6 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — S80/S20 income ratio

Ratio of the top to bottom quintile of equivalised disposable income — inequality headline.

4.66 ratio

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — S80/S20 — elderly

S80/S20 ratio among the 65+ population.

3.65 ratio

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Gini coefficient (EU-SILC)

Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income — 0=perfect equality, 100=max inequality.

30 index

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Gini coefficient — children

Gini coefficient among the under-18 population — child-inequality angle.

30.4 index

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Median equivalised income (EUR)

Median equivalised net disposable income in EUR — middle of the income distribution.

25.6K EUR

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Median income — female

Median equivalised income for women.

24.9K EUR

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Median income — male

Median equivalised income for men.

26.2K EUR

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Mean equivalised income (EUR)

Mean equivalised net disposable income — sensitive to top tail (pairs with median).

29.3K EUR

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Severe material + social deprivation

Share of population in severe material + social deprivation — 7+ deprivation items out of 13.

12.9 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

France — Severe deprivation — female

Severe material + social deprivation rate among women.

14.2 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Defense★ Primary KPI

France — Defense spending

Military spending as % of GDP; measures the national defense effort.

2.1 % GDP

2024

Source: World Bank· 2026

Defense

France — Military spending (USD)

Military spending in current USD; enables volume comparison.

64.7B USD

2024

Source: World Bank· 2026

Defense

France — Active military personnel

Number of active-duty military personnel; reflects the size of the armed forces.

304K count

2020

Source: World Bank· 2026

Defense

France — Military personnel (% labour force)

Share of military personnel in the labour force.

1 %

2020

Source: World Bank· 2026

Defense

France — Arms exports

Value of arms transfers exported; indicates weight in the global defense industry.

2.3B USD

2024

Source: World Bank· 2026

Defense

France — Arms imports

Value of arms transfers imported; indicates dependence on external suppliers.

188M USD

2024

Source: World Bank· 2026

Defense

France — Overseas deployments

~5,560

deployed abroad

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Source: Ministère des Armées (defense.gouv.fr) — État-major des armées, points de situation hebdomadaires + page « missions et opérations »· May 2026

Defense

France — Defense spending — % of government expenditure

Military expenditure as a share of total general government expenditure.

3.6 %

2024

Source: World Bank· 2026

Defense

France — Defense spending — local currency (EUR)

Military expenditure in current local currency units (EUR) — domestic-budget view.

59.8B EUR

2024

Source: World Bank· 2026

Defense

France — Govt R&D budget — defense (M EUR)

Government budget appropriations / outlays for R&D allocated to defense (NABS13) — strategic-tech investment view.

4.5K M EUR

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Defense

France — Govt R&D budget — defense (% GDP)

Defense R&D budget as % of GDP.

0.2 % GDP

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Defense

France — Govt R&D budget — defense per capita

Defense R&D budget in EUR per inhabitant.

65.7 EUR

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Defense

France — Govt R&D budget — total (M EUR)

Total government budget appropriations / outlays for R&D — denominator for the defense-share read.

18.9K M EUR

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Defense

France — Govt R&D budget — space (M EUR)

Government R&D budget allocated to space (NABS03) — dual-use indicator alongside defense.

2.5K M EUR

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Defense

France — Govt R&D budget — energy (M EUR)

Government R&D budget allocated to energy (NABS05) — strategic-autonomy view.

2.2K M EUR

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — Leader approval

Emmanuel Macron · Président de la République· in office since May 2022

26 %

Trust rating· Elabe / BVA / IFOP-JDD (agrégat)· 2026-06

Inter-pollster range: 16–26%

Cross-country comparison is imperfect. Methods differ by country (job approval, trust rating, favourability, fiducia, cabinet approval). Values are not strictly equivalent.Mandat depuis mai 2022 ; historique tracé à partir de 2025. Fourchette large 16-26% selon l'institut.

Source: Elabe / BVA / IFOP-JDD (agrégat)· 2026-06

Institutional trust★ Primary KPI

France — Trust in national government

Share of the population reporting trust in the national government.

34.3 %

2023

Source: OECD

Institutional trust

France — Trust in parliament

Share of the population reporting trust in parliament.

33.4 %

2023

Source: OECD

Institutional trust

France — Trust in the justice system

Share of the population reporting trust in the justice system.

49.9 %

2023

Source: OECD

Institutional trust

France — Trust in local government

Share of the population reporting trust in local government.

56.4 %

2023

Source: OECD

Institutional trust

France — Life satisfaction (0-10)

Average self-reported life satisfaction on a 0-10 scale, population 16+.

7.1 score

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — Life satisfaction — female

Average life satisfaction among women 16+.

7.1 score

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — Life satisfaction — male

Average life satisfaction among men 16+.

7.2 score

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — Trust in others (0-10)

Average rating (0-10) of generalised trust in other people, population 16+.

4.3 score

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — Trust in others — female

Generalised trust in others, women 16+.

4.2 score

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — Trust in others — male

Generalised trust in others, men 16+.

4.4 score

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — High life satisfaction share

Share of population 16+ reporting a high life-satisfaction rating (9-10).

19.1 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — Medium life satisfaction share

Share reporting medium life satisfaction (6-8).

62.3 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — Low life satisfaction share

Share reporting low life satisfaction (0-5) — indicator of population distress.

18.6 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — High life satisfaction — female

Share of women 16+ reporting high life satisfaction (9-10).

18.2 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — High life satisfaction — male

Share of men 16+ reporting high life satisfaction (9-10).

20.3 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — Low life satisfaction — female

Share of women 16+ reporting low life satisfaction (0-5).

19.8 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — Formal volunteering

Share of population 16+ engaged in formal voluntary activities — civic engagement headline.

15.6 %

2022

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — Life-meaning indicator

Wellbeing index combining ratings of life meaning + general experiences for 16+.

90.6 score

2022

Source: BIS· 2026

Institutional trust

France — Low life satisfaction — male

Share of men 16+ reporting low life satisfaction (0-5).

17.1 %

2024

Source: BIS· 2026