According to a survey conducted in May 2024, in France, the subjective poverty line was 1,396 euros. This minimum income, decided by the French population, under which a single person was considered poor, increased by 19 euros compared to the previous year. Moreover, during the given period, the subjective poverty line increased in total by 390 euros.

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 June 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.

According to a survey conducted in May 2024, the subjective poverty line for French people residing outside of the Paris Region was 1,388 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 1,431 euros.

France poverty rate for 2021 was 0.50%, a 0.1% increase from 2020.

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<li>France poverty rate for 2020 was <strong>0.40%</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>France poverty rate for 2019 was <strong>0.40%</strong>, a <strong>0.3% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>France poverty rate for 2018 was <strong>0.10%</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from 2017.</li>
</ul>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.

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).

FR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 15.600 % in 2021. FR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 15.600 % from Dec 2021 (Median) to 2021, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.600 % in 2021 and a record low of 15.600 % in 2021. FR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National 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. National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.;;This series only includes estimates that to the best of our knowledge are reasonably comparable over time for a country. Due to differences in estimation methodologies and poverty lines, estimates should not be compared across countries.

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 May 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.

France - At Risk of Poverty rate of elderly people was 12.40% in December of 2023, 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 April 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.

This statistic shows the amount of the monthly poverty line in France from 2012 to 2017. The poverty line (or poverty threshold) refers to the amount of monthly income below which it is estimated that a person can not live decently. Here, the poverty line used is set at 60% of the French median income. In 2017, the poverty line was 1.041 euros per month. Thus, anyone with incomes below this amount in France was considered poor.

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 June 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.

This statistic presents the poverty rate in France at 60 percent in 2022 by socio-professional category. It shows that in 2022, 11.7 percent of employees had a living standard below the poverty line.

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.

France - At Risk of Poverty rate: Single person was 21.60% 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: Single person - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, France - At Risk of Poverty rate: Single person reached a record high of 21.60% in December of 2024 and a record low of 14.90% in December of 2016.

France FR: Increase in Poverty Gap at $1.90: Poverty Line Due To Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % of Poverty Line data was reported at 0.027 % in 2010. France FR: Increase in Poverty Gap at $1.90: Poverty Line Due To Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % of Poverty Line data is updated yearly, averaging 0.027 % from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2010, with 1 observations. France FR: Increase in Poverty Gap at $1.90: Poverty Line Due To Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % of Poverty Line 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. Increase in poverty gap at $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure, as a percentage of the $1.90 poverty line. The poverty gap increase due to out-of-pocket health spending is one way to measure how much out-of-pocket health spending pushes people below or further below the poverty line (the difference in the poverty gap due to out-of-pocket health spending being included or excluded from the measure of household welfare). This difference corresponds to the total out-of-pocket health spending for households that are already below the poverty line, to the amount that exceeds the shortfall between the poverty line and total consumption for households that are impoverished by out-of-pocket health spending and to zero for households whose consumption is above the poverty line after accounting for out-of-pocket health spending.; ; World Health Organization and World Bank. 2019. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2019.; Weighted average;

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.

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 June 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.

France - In Work at Risk of Poverty Rate: Full-time was 5.80% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for France - In Work at Risk of Poverty Rate: Full-time - last updated from the EUROSTAT on April of 2025. Historically, France - In Work at Risk of Poverty Rate: Full-time reached a record high of 6.60% in December of 2012 and a record low of 5.20% in December of 2010.

France FR: Increase in Poverty Gap at $3.20: Poverty Line Due To Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: USD data was reported at 0.089 USD in 2010. France FR: Increase in Poverty Gap at $3.20: Poverty Line Due To Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: USD data is updated yearly, averaging 0.089 USD from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2010, with 1 observations. France FR: Increase in Poverty Gap at $3.20: Poverty Line Due To Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: USD 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. Increase in poverty gap at $3.20 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure, expressed in US dollars (2011 PPP). The poverty gap increase due to out-of-pocket health spending is one way to measure how much out-of-pocket health spending pushes people below or further below the poverty line (the difference in the poverty gap due to out-of-pocket health spending being included or excluded from the measure of household welfare). This difference corresponds to the total out-of-pocket health spending for households that are already below the poverty line, to the amount that exceeds the shortfall between the poverty line and total consumption for households that are impoverished by out-of-pocket health spending and to zero for households whose consumption is above the poverty line after accounting for out-of-pocket health spending.; ; World Health Organization and World Bank. 2019. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2019.; Weighted average;

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.