In 2022, the poverty rate in France reached **** percent. In recent years, poverty in France has been increasing, affecting both unemployed and working people. In fact, according to Insee, *** percent of economically active persons had a living standard inferior to the poverty rate in 2022. The increase in poverty in France Poverty in France reached its highest rate in 2018. That year, almost ** percent of the French population was living below the poverty line, which means that their income was less than 60 percent of the median income in the country. Despite a significant decrease between 2000 and 2004, when the rate went from **** percent down to **** percent, poverty has been rising in France in recent years. Studies have shown that the number of poor people increased in France, reaching approximately *** million individuals in 2022, while **** million people were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2020.Poverty is affecting the youth and middle classes Poverty seems to affect mainly younger generations. In 2016, **** percent of the French aged between 18 and 29 years old were considered poor. In comparison, only *** percent of the French aged 65 and 74 years old were in the same situation. Youth unemployment in France, one of the highest in Europe, might explain this phenomenon. However, the middle class is not spared from the rise of poverty either. In 2017, **** percent of French middle-income households had difficulties making ends meet.
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France - At Risk of Poverty rate was 15.90% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for France - At Risk of Poverty rate - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, France - At Risk of Poverty rate reached a record high of 15.90% in December of 2024 and a record low of 12.50% in December of 2008.
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France - At Risk of Poverty rate: From 25 to 54 years was 13.70% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for France - At Risk of Poverty rate: From 25 to 54 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, France - At Risk of Poverty rate: From 25 to 54 years reached a record high of 13.70% in December of 2024 and a record low of 11.60% in December of 2010.
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France Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 13.300 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.700 % for 2020. France Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 12.200 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2021, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.200 % in 1970 and a record low of 10.600 % in 2005. France Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Societal Poverty Line. The Societal Poverty Line is expressed in purchasing power adjusted 2017 U.S. dollars and defined as max($2.15, $1.15 + 0.5*Median). This means that when the national median is sufficiently low, the Societal Poverty line is equivalent to the extreme poverty line, $2.15. For countries with a sufficiently high national median, the Societal Poverty Line grows as countries’ median income grows.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).
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France - At Risk of Poverty rate for pensioners was 11.50% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for France - At Risk of Poverty rate for pensioners - last updated from the EUROSTAT on August of 2025. Historically, France - At Risk of Poverty rate for pensioners reached a record high of 11.70% in December of 2023 and a record low of 7.00% in December of 2016.
In 2023, in France, *****percent of the total female population lived under the poverty line. On the other hand, *****percent of the male population was also considered poor. A relatively important gap difference of more than *** percentage point, when compared to 1996 when the poverty rate was the same for men and women.
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France FR: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Male: % of male population data was reported at 18.200 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 17.700 % for 2020. France FR: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Male: % of male population data is updated yearly, averaging 17.400 % from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2021, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.600 % in 2011 and a record low of 16.500 % in 2017. France FR: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Male: % of male population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;
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France - At Risk of Poverty rate: From 18 to 24 years was 21.90% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for France - At Risk of Poverty rate: From 18 to 24 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, France - At Risk of Poverty rate: From 18 to 24 years reached a record high of 24.30% in December of 2010 and a record low of 17.90% in December of 2015.
Poverty rate at $1.9 a day of France remained stable at 0.10 % over the last 3 years. Population below $1.9 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.9 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
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France - At Risk of Poverty rate of elderly people was 12.40% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for France - At Risk of Poverty rate of elderly people - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, France - At Risk of Poverty rate of elderly people reached a record high of 12.50% in December of 2022 and a record low of 7.90% in December of 2017.
According to a survey conducted in May 2024, the subjective poverty line for French people residing outside of the Paris Region was ***** euros. However, for French people living in France's capital city and the Ile-de-France region, the minimum income under which a single person was considered poor was ***** euros.
In 2022, there were around 9.1 million poor French people. The increase in the poverty rate in Western countries has been a rampant issue since 2000. Since that year, France has seen its poverty rate slowly but steadily growing. One of the main aspects of poverty in France was its impact on the youngest and the oldest generations. Thus, one out of five French people aged younger than 18 years was living below the poverty line in 2022.
This diagram illustrates the share of children under the age of 18 who live below the poverty line in France from 2010 to 2021. We can notice that over this period, the child poverty rate remained at around ** percent.
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France - At Risk of Poverty rate: Unemployed persons was 44.60% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for France - At Risk of Poverty rate: Unemployed persons - last updated from the EUROSTAT on August of 2025. Historically, France - At Risk of Poverty rate: Unemployed persons reached a record high of 44.60% in December of 2024 and a record low of 31.10% in December of 2014.
In 2021, a quarter of the population of the City of Marseille lived below the poverty line, which is set at 60 percent of the median standard of living. This proportion was equal to one-third (33 percent) among households whose tax reference person was less than 30 years old, but was only 17 percent among those whose tax referent was older than 75 years old.In 2021, the poverty rate stood at 14.5 percent in France.
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France FR: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: Annualized Average Growth Rate data was reported at 0.740 % in 2015. France FR: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: Annualized Average Growth Rate data is updated yearly, averaging 0.740 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2015, with 1 observations. France FR: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: Annualized Average Growth Rate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank: Poverty. The growth rate in the welfare aggregate of the bottom 40% is computed as the annualized average growth rate in per capita real consumption or income of the bottom 40% of the population in the income distribution in a country from household surveys over a roughly 5-year period. Mean per capita real consumption or income is measured at 2011 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet). For some countries means are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The annualized growth rate is computed as (Mean in final year/Mean in initial year)^(1/(Final year - Initial year)) - 1. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported. The initial year refers to the nearest survey collected 5 years before the most recent survey available, only surveys collected between 3 and 7 years before the most recent survey are considered. The final year refers to the most recent survey available between 2011 and 2015. Growth rates for Iraq are based on survey means of 2005 PPP$. The coverage and quality of the 2011 PPP price data for Iraq and most other North African and Middle Eastern countries were hindered by the exceptional period of instability they faced at the time of the 2011 exercise of the International Comparison Program. See PovcalNet for detailed explanations.; ; World Bank, Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP) circa 2010-2015 (http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/global-database-of-shared-prosperity).; ; The comparability of welfare aggregates (consumption or income) for the chosen years T0 and T1 is assessed for every country. If comparability across the two surveys is a major concern for a country, the selection criteria are re-applied to select the next best survey year(s). Annualized growth rates are calculated between the survey years, using a compound growth formula. The survey years defining the period for which growth rates are calculated and the type of welfare aggregate used to calculate the growth rates are noted in the footnotes.
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France FR: Poverty Gap at $3.20 a Day: 2011 PPP: % data was reported at 0.100 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2014. France FR: Poverty Gap at $3.20 a Day: 2011 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2015, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.100 % in 2015 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2014. France FR: Poverty Gap at $3.20 a Day: 2011 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $3.20 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. The aggregated numbers for low- and middle-income countries correspond to the totals of 6 regions in PovcalNet, which include low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia). See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.
0.0 (%) in 2018. Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $3.20 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.
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France - Persistent at Risk of Poverty rate: From 18 to 24 years was 13.60% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for France - Persistent at Risk of Poverty rate: From 18 to 24 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, France - Persistent at Risk of Poverty rate: From 18 to 24 years reached a record high of 14.20% in December of 2021 and a record low of 6.90% in December of 2018.
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France FR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $5.50 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 0.200 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.200 % for 2014. France FR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $5.50 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.200 % from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2015, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.200 % in 2015 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2008. France FR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $5.50 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank: Poverty. Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. The aggregated numbers for low- and middle-income countries correspond to the totals of 6 regions in PovcalNet, which include low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia). See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.
In 2022, the poverty rate in France reached **** percent. In recent years, poverty in France has been increasing, affecting both unemployed and working people. In fact, according to Insee, *** percent of economically active persons had a living standard inferior to the poverty rate in 2022. The increase in poverty in France Poverty in France reached its highest rate in 2018. That year, almost ** percent of the French population was living below the poverty line, which means that their income was less than 60 percent of the median income in the country. Despite a significant decrease between 2000 and 2004, when the rate went from **** percent down to **** percent, poverty has been rising in France in recent years. Studies have shown that the number of poor people increased in France, reaching approximately *** million individuals in 2022, while **** million people were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2020.Poverty is affecting the youth and middle classes Poverty seems to affect mainly younger generations. In 2016, **** percent of the French aged between 18 and 29 years old were considered poor. In comparison, only *** percent of the French aged 65 and 74 years old were in the same situation. Youth unemployment in France, one of the highest in Europe, might explain this phenomenon. However, the middle class is not spared from the rise of poverty either. In 2017, **** percent of French middle-income households had difficulties making ends meet.