EU 16.23
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Up 2 positions compared with previous year
France: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
16.30% of people
EU 16.23 · +0.1 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2024 · 26 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+235.22
53.30
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2+109.43
33.30
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3+106.29
32.80
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4+50.31
23.90
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5+37.74
21.90
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6+34.59
21.40
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7+22.01
19.40
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8+16.98
18.60
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9+14.47
18.20
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10+6.92
17.00
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11+6.29
16.90
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12+5.66
16.80
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13+1.89
16.20
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14-2.52
15.50
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15-5.66
15.00
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16-6.92
14.80
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17-8.18
14.60
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18-10.69
14.20
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19-12.58
13.90
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19-12.58
13.90
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21-13.21
13.80
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22-15.09
13.50
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23-17.61
13.10
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24-19.50
12.80
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25-25.16
11.90
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26-33.33
10.60
More context on this indicator
At a glance
France performs less favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in France
In France, Poverty risk is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 16.3% versus 16.2% in 2025, a gap of 0.1 percentage points.
Recent trend
In France, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 14.20% in 2020 to 16.30% in 2025. The latest step, from 15.90% in 2024 to 16.30% in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In France, Poverty & Financial Vulnerability shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.