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France: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

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Country: France Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 Year: 2025

Country overview

France

Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Latest value

4.74 Ratio

European ranking

12 / 30

Worsened by 2 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

+0.0 puntos

France is 0.0 points above the European average.

EU: 4.73

Affected population

68.9M

Year: 2025

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Latest: 4.74 Ratio Europe benchmark: 4.73 Ratio

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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

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At a glance

France performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.

European comparison in France

In France, S80/S20 ratio is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 4.74 versus 4.73 in 2025, a gap of 0.01 in the ratio.

Recent trend

In France, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 4.42 in 2020 to 4.74 in 2025. The latest step, from 4.66 in 2024 to 4.74 in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.

Reading within the topic

In France, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.