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France: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)

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Country: France Indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) Year: 2025

Country overview

France

Current reading for Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)

Latest value

8.90 Percent of people aged 0 to 64

European ranking

8 / 30

Compared with Europe

+1.6 puntos

France is 1.6 points above the European average.

EU: 7.30

Affected population

≈ 6.13 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 8.90 Percent of people aged 0 to 64 Europe benchmark: 7.05 Percent of people aged 0 to 64

Internal regions

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Indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Guyane

    +231.50

    29.50

  2. 2

    La Réunion

    +150.60

    22.30

  3. 3

    Guadeloupe

    +140.40

    21.40

  4. 4

    Martinique

    +86.50

    16.60

  5. 5

    Nord-Pas de Calais

    +46.10

    13.00

  6. 6

    Languedoc-Roussillon

    +29.20

    11.50

  7. 7

    Limousin

    +16.90

    10.40

  8. 8

    Corse

    +16.90

    10.40

  9. 9

    Auvergne

    +14.60

    10.20

  10. 10

    Champagne-Ardenne

    +14.60

    10.20

  11. 11

    Midi-Pyrénées

    +12.40

    10.00

  12. 12

    Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur

    -1.10

    8.80

  13. 13

    Lorraine

    -2.20

    8.70

  14. 14

    Franche-Comté

    -2.20

    8.70

  15. 15

    Picardie

    -6.70

    8.30

  16. 16

    Haute-Normandie

    -11.20

    7.90

  17. 17

    Aquitaine

    -11.20

    7.90

  18. 18

    Île de France

    -12.40

    7.80

  19. 19

    Bourgogne

    -12.40

    7.80

  20. 20

    Rhône-Alpes

    -15.70

    7.50

  21. 21

    Poitou-Charentes

    -15.70

    7.50

  22. 22

    Alsace

    -18.00

    7.30

  23. 23

    Basse-Normandie

    -20.20

    7.10

  24. 24

    Centre-Val de Loire

    -27.00

    6.50

  25. 25

    Bretagne

    -33.70

    5.90

More context on this indicator

At a glance

France performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in France

In France, Low work intensity is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 8.9% versus 7.1% in 2025, with a gap of 1.9 percentage points.

Recent trend

In France, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 9.70% in 2020 to 8.90% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 8.70% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.

Regional differences in France

In France, regional differences in Low work intensity are pronounced. Across 26 comparable regions, Guyane records the highest value (29.5%) and Pays de la Loire the lowest (5.9%), a gap of 23.6 percentage points.