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Poverty or social exclusion rate in France

20.8% of people in France were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2015. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: People at risk of poverty or social exclusion Unit: % of population Data: 2015 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
France, 2025 20.8% % of population
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 20.5%
European Union, 2025 20.9% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 18.8% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 13th of 31 See the full ranking

Poverty or social exclusion rate in France over time

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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People at risk of poverty or social exclusion (% of population), 2015 to 2025
Period FranceEuropean Union
2025 20.8% 20.9%
2024 20.5% 21.0%
2023 20.4% 21.3%
2022 20.7%b (break in time series) 21.6%
2021 19.0% 21.7%
2020 19.0%b (break in time series) 21.5%
2019 18.8% 21.1%
2018 17.9% 21.7%
2017 17.8% 22.4%
2016 18.7% 23.7%
2015 18.4% 24.0%

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 20.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 18.4%, the figure has changed by +2.4 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
  • Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, France has the 13th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 20.9%.

More for France

All statistics for France
At-risk-of-poverty rate 16.3% 2025 · Eurostat Inability to keep home adequately warm 11.5% 2025 · Eurostat Income inequality (Gini) 30.4 (0 to 100) 2025 · Eurostat Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20) 4.74 times 2025 · Eurostat Severe material and social deprivation 7.0% 2025 · Eurostat Gini index 31.8 (0 to 100) 2023 · World Bank

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Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
ilc_peps01n · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=PC
Observation period
2015 to 2025 for France
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat