At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region in France
France: At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region was 16.3 in 2025. ▲ Rising
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region in France, 2004–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
In 2025, at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in France stood at 16.3. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in France peaked at 16.3 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 12.5, in 2008.
That places France 16th out of 35 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region in France, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 13.5 | — |
| 2005 | 13 | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 13.2 | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 13.1 | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 12.5 | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 12.9 | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 13.3 | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 14 | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 14.1 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 13.7 | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 13.3 | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 13.6 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 13.6 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 13.2 | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 13.4 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 13.6 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 14.2 | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 14.3 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 15.6 | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 15.4 | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 15.9 | +3.2% |
| 2025 | 16.3 | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.03 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 6 |
| 2010s | 13.58 | 13.2 | 14.1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.28 | 14.2 | 16.3 | 6 |
Countries ranked near France
More poverty & inequality data for France
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.64 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 6,281 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -13.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 43.81 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 43.81 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -4.28 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.034 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in France?
- At-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in France was 16.3 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3 in 2025.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.5 in 2008.
- How does France rank for at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region?
- France ranks 16th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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