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France vs Spain

Compare France and Spain using 17 indicators with exactly comparable years.

Compare France and Spain using 17 indicators with exactly comparable years.

France

FR

Spain

ES

Shared indicators

17

France better

13

Spain better

4

Tie

0

France(FR)

Indicators comparison

Spain(ES)
7.7%

Unemployment rate

i

Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: France

10.5%
8.9%

Jobless Households

i

Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Spain

8%
10.4%

Housing & Utility Bill Arrears

i

Measures the share of people living in households with arrears on mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, or hire-purchase instalments.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: France

13.2%
95.5 index

Home Price Affordability

i

Measures the relationship between house prices and household income as a standardised index, with the long-term average set to 100. Values above 100 indicate that house prices are high relative to income compared with that long-term average.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: France

99 index
6.4%

Housing Affordability

i

Measures the share of people living in households where total housing costs exceed 40% of disposable household income.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: France

7.2%
10.8%

Overcrowded Housing

i

Measures the share of people living in a dwelling with fewer rooms than required under the Eurostat overcrowding standard. The minimum number of rooms depends on household composition and the ages of its members.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Spain

9.5%
11.5%

Energy Poverty / Cold Homes

i

Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to keep their home adequately warm.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: France

15.9%
98

GDP per Capita

i

Measures GDP per inhabitant after adjusting for differences in price levels between countries using purchasing power standards (PPS). The EU27 average is set to 100, so values above or below 100 indicate a level above or below the EU average for that year. The index is primarily intended for cross-country comparison and changes over time should not be interpreted as real GDP growth.

Interpretation: Higher values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: France

92
30.4 index

Income Inequality (Gini Index)

i

Measures inequality in the distribution of equivalised disposable income. A value of 0 represents complete equality and 100 represents maximum inequality.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: France

30.8 index
4.74 ratio

Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)

i

Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: France

5.24 ratio
16.3%

Poverty Rate

i

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.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: France

19.5%
20.8%

Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk

i

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.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: France

25.7%
28.8%

Financial Vulnerability

i

Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to meet an unexpected necessary financial expense from their available resources.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: France

36.4%
83 years

Life Expectancy

i

Measures the average number of years a newborn would live if the age-specific mortality conditions observed in the reference period remained applicable throughout life.

Interpretation: Higher values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Spain

84 years
13.3%

Material and Social Deprivation

i

Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 5 of 13 specified material or social items considered relevant to an adequate standard of living.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: France

15.4%
1.8 rooms/person

Housing Space per Person

i

Measures the average number of rooms available in a household relative to the number of people living there, using Eurostat rules on which habitable spaces count as rooms.

Interpretation: Higher values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: Spain

1.9 rooms/person
7%

Severe Material Deprivation

i

Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 7 of the 13 material or social items used in the Eurostat material and social deprivation framework.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcomeBetter: France

8.1%

Indicative result based on the count of shared indicators. Each indicator uses the latest exact year available for both countries, and no weighted composite score is applied.

View data table
Indicator Country A value Country B value Better outcome
Unemployment rate 7.7% 10.5% France
Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) 8.9% 8% Spain
Arrears on housing or utility bills 10.4% 13.2% France
House price to income ratio 95.5 index 99 index France
Housing cost overburden rate 6.4% 7.2% France
Overcrowding rate 10.8% 9.5% Spain
Inability to keep home adequately warm 11.5% 15.9% France
GDP per capita in PPS 98 92 France
Gini coefficient 30.4 index 30.8 index France
Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 4.74 ratio 5.24 ratio France
At-risk-of-poverty rate 16.3% 19.5% France
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion 20.8% 25.7% France
Inability to face unexpected financial expenses 28.8% 36.4% France
Life expectancy at birth 83 years 84 years Spain
Material and social deprivation rate 13.3% 15.4% France
Average number of rooms per person 1.8 rooms/person 1.9 rooms/person Spain
Severe material and social deprivation rate 7% 8.1% France

Poverty & Financial Hardship: more favorable reading for France

France has the more favorable reading on Financial Vulnerability compared with Spain. Against the European benchmark, France is on the favorable side and Spain on the adverse side for Financial Vulnerability.

Topic: Poverty & Financial Hardship Primary indicator: Financial Vulnerability Year: 2025 Difference: strong

Housing & Energy Costs: more favorable reading for France

France has the more favorable reading on Housing & Utility Bill Arrears compared with Spain. Against the European benchmark, France is on the favorable side and Spain on the adverse side for Housing & Utility Bill Arrears.

Topic: Housing & Energy Costs Primary indicator: Housing & Utility Bill Arrears Year: 2025 Difference: significant

Quality of Life in Europe: more favorable reading for France

France has the more favorable reading on Material and Social Deprivation compared with Spain. Both are on the adverse side of the European benchmark for Material and Social Deprivation.

Topic: Quality of Life in Europe Primary indicator: Material and Social Deprivation Year: 2025 Difference: significant

Income & Purchasing Power: no clear difference

There is no clear difference in this topic. The representative indicator is GDP per Capita. The representative difference is small and favors France. Both are on the adverse side of the European benchmark for GDP per Capita.

Topic: Income & Purchasing Power Primary indicator: GDP per Capita Year: 2025 Difference: limited