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France

Europe & Central Asia · High income · capital Paris

Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

83.0years

Ranks 24 of 217 in 2024

11% above world median · 4% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

4.3per 1,000 live births

Ranks 35 of 196 in 2024

71% below world median · 10% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

7per 100,000 live births

Ranks 34 of 194 in 2023

85% below world median · 17% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Health spending

2024 · 2 years old

11.54% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

20% above world median

Medians computed across 22 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.61births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

15% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

103.4% gross

Ranks 40 of 134 in 2024

4% above world median · 4% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2022 · 4 years old

5.32% of GDP

Ranks 37 of 164 in 2022

31% above world median · 18% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

48,986current US$

Ranks 24 of 186 in 2025

5.2× above world median · 76% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

63,975international $

Ranks 28 of 185 in 2025

2.2× above world median · 26% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2023 · 3 years old

0.1% of population

Ranks 5 of 57 in 2023

89% below world median · 75% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2023 · 3 years old

31.8index, 0–100

Ranks 20 of 57 in 2023

6% below world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

7.5% of labour force

Ranks 130 of 182 in 2025

48% above world median · 36% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

0.9% per year

Not ranked — no better end

69% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

2.05% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

29% above world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

99.7% of population

Ranks 20 of 148 in 2024

24% above world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

88.7% of population

Ranks 65 of 182 in 2024

8% above world median · 4% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

4.00t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

57% above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

68.7mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

9.5× above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

France has no figure in this dataset for Child stunting, Adult literacy. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.