European ranking
16 / 27
Improved by 6 positions since the previous year
France: House price to income ratio
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
France
Current reading for House price to income ratio in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: House price to income ratio
Latest value
95.50 Index, long-term average = 100
Compared with Europe
-1.6 puntos
France is 1.6 points below the European average.
EU: 97.13
Affected population
68.9M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: House price to income ratio
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At a glance
France performs more favourably than the European benchmark on House price to income ratio, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in France
In France, Price to income is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 95.5 index points versus 97.1 index points in 2024, a gap of 1.7 index points.
Recent trend
In France, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 103.85 in 2019 to 95.48 in 2024. The latest step, from 103.42 in 2023 to 95.48 in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In France, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.