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Up 1 positions compared with previous year
France: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
20.80% of people
EU 20.40 · +0.4 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N
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Regional map
· 2025 · 26 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+163.46
54.80
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2+103.37
42.30
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3+84.62
38.40
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4+50.48
31.30
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5+37.50
28.60
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6+29.33
26.90
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7+21.63
25.30
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8+12.02
23.30
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9+10.10
22.90
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10+7.69
22.40
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11+5.77
22.00
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12+0.48
20.90
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13+0.00
20.80
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14-0.48
20.70
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15-1.92
20.40
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16-5.77
19.60
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17-6.73
19.40
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18-8.17
19.10
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19-13.46
18.00
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20-14.90
17.70
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21-15.38
17.60
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22-18.27
17.00
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23-18.75
16.90
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24-24.52
15.70
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25-27.40
15.10
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26-28.85
14.80
More context on this indicator
At a glance
France performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, 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. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in France
In France, Poverty or exclusion is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 20.8% versus 20.4% in 2025, a gap of 0.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In France, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 19.00% in 2020 to 20.80% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 20.50% in 2024, so the previous deterioration continues but with less intensity.
Regional differences in France
In France, regional differences in Poverty or exclusion are pronounced. Across 26 comparable regions, Guyane records the highest value (54.8%) and Bretagne the lowest (14.8%), a gap of 40 percentage points.
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. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.