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Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in France

France: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men was 0.0966 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.0966
Change on year
down 2.2%
World rank
187th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.5388
in 1871
All-time low
0.0966
in 2023
Years of data
208
1816–2023

Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in France, 1816–2023

0.10.20.30.40.5181619192023

Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2023, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in France stood at 0.0966. That is the lowest value across all 208 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in France peaked at 0.5388 in 1871 and was at its lowest, 0.0966, in 2023.

That places France 187th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 208 years of available data.

Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in France, year by year

Year Value Change
1816 0.448 —
1817 0.4556 +1.7%
1818 0.4634 +1.7%
1819 0.4827 +4.2%
1820 0.4563 -5.5%
1821 0.4567 +0.1%
1822 0.4758 +4.2%
1823 0.457 -4.0%
1824 0.4697 +2.8%
1825 0.4706 +0.2%
1826 0.4741 +0.7%
1827 0.4574 -3.5%
1828 0.4786 +4.6%
1829 0.4548 -5.0%
1830 0.4516 -0.7%
1831 0.4554 +0.8%
1832 0.4789 +5.2%
1833 0.4622 -3.5%
1834 0.5074 +9.8%
1835 0.4544 -10.4%
1836 0.4283 -5.7%
1837 0.4429 +3.4%
1838 0.4542 +2.5%
1839 0.4401 -3.1%
1840 0.4412 +0.3%
1841 0.4448 +0.8%
1842 0.4481 +0.8%
1843 0.4409 -1.6%
1844 0.4236 -3.9%
1845 0.4105 -3.1%
1846 0.4426 +7.8%
1847 0.4342 -1.9%
1848 0.4406 +1.5%
1849 0.4808 +9.1%
1850 0.4105 -14.6%
1851 0.4291 +4.5%
1852 0.4335 +1.0%
1853 0.4175 -3.7%
1854 0.4771 +14.3%
1855 0.473 -0.8%
1856 0.451 -4.7%
1857 0.4542 +0.7%
1858 0.4475 -1.5%
1859 0.5053 +12.9%
1860 0.4089 -19.1%
1861 0.4459 +9.0%
1862 0.4218 -5.4%
1863 0.4317 +2.3%
1864 0.424 -1.8%
1865 0.4434 +4.6%
1866 0.4214 -5.0%
1867 0.4202 -0.3%
1868 0.446 +6.1%
1869 0.4373 -1.9%
1870 0.4817 +10.1%
1871 0.5388 +11.9%
1872 0.4267 -20.8%
1873 0.4287 +0.5%
1874 0.4053 -5.5%
1875 0.4095 +1.0%
1876 0.4072 -0.6%
1877 0.4029 -1.1%
1878 0.412 +2.3%
1879 0.4006 -2.8%
1880 0.418 +4.3%
1881 0.414 -1.0%
1882 0.4186 +1.1%
1883 0.4164 -0.5%
1884 0.4271 +2.6%
1885 0.4087 -4.3%
1886 0.4174 +2.1%
1887 0.4098 -1.8%
1888 0.4081 -0.4%
1889 0.3943 -3.4%
1890 0.411 +4.2%
1891 0.4005 -2.6%
1892 0.4103 +2.4%
1893 0.4128 +0.6%
1894 0.3914 -5.2%
1895 0.3906 -0.2%
1896 0.3699 -5.3%
1897 0.3705 +0.2%
1898 0.3874 +4.5%
1899 0.3976 +2.6%
1900 0.3893 -2.1%
1901 0.3728 -4.3%
1902 0.3617 -3.0%
1903 0.3579 -1.0%
1904 0.362 +1.1%
1905 0.3544 -2.1%
1906 0.3628 +2.4%
1907 0.3476 -4.2%
1908 0.344 -1.0%
1909 0.3311 -3.8%
1910 0.3216 -2.9%
1911 0.3587 +11.5%
1912 0.3221 -10.2%
1913 0.3237 +0.5%
1914 0.4064 +25.6%
1915 0.3971 -2.3%
1916 0.4213 +6.1%
1917 0.4251 +0.9%
1918 0.4509 +6.1%
1919 0.3803 -15.7%
1920 0.327 -14.0%
1921 0.316 -3.4%
1922 0.2801 -11.4%
1923 0.2929 +4.6%
1924 0.2809 -4.1%
1925 0.2897 +3.1%
1926 0.2952 +1.9%
1927 0.2764 -6.4%
1928 0.2841 +2.8%
1929 0.2891 +1.8%
1930 0.2701 -6.6%
1931 0.263 -2.6%
1932 0.2642 +0.5%
1933 0.2574 -2.6%
1934 0.2561 -0.5%
1935 0.2507 -2.1%
1936 0.2486 -0.8%
1937 0.2472 -0.6%
1938 0.2471 -0.1%
1939 0.2389 -3.3%
1940 0.3518 +47.3%
1941 0.2602 -26.0%
1942 0.2654 +2.0%
1943 0.3166 +19.3%
1944 0.3582 +13.1%
1945 0.3095 -13.6%
1946 0.2316 -25.2%
1947 0.215 -7.2%
1948 0.1967 -8.5%
1949 0.1945 -1.1%
1950 0.1845 -5.1%
1951 0.1814 -1.7%
1952 0.1743 -3.9%
1953 0.1687 -3.2%
1954 0.1677 -0.6%
1955 0.1645 -1.9%
1956 0.1608 -2.2%
1957 0.1598 -0.6%
1958 0.1534 -4.0%
1959 0.1525 -0.6%
1960 0.1478 -3.1%
1961 0.1482 +0.3%
1962 0.1472 -0.7%
1963 0.1467 -0.4%
1964 0.1449 -1.2%
1965 0.1429 -1.4%
1966 0.1438 +0.6%
1967 0.1419 -1.3%
1968 0.1414 -0.3%
1969 0.1418 +0.3%
1970 0.1397 -1.5%
1971 0.1395 -0.1%
1972 0.139 -0.3%
1973 0.1368 -1.6%
1974 0.1357 -0.8%
1975 0.1338 -1.4%
1976 0.1338 -0.0%
1977 0.1329 -0.6%
1978 0.1304 -1.9%
1979 0.1306 +0.1%
1980 0.1308 +0.2%
1981 0.1287 -1.6%
1982 0.1286 -0.1%
1983 0.1272 -1.1%
1984 0.1264 -0.6%
1985 0.125 -1.2%
1986 0.1246 -0.3%
1987 0.1238 -0.7%
1988 0.1239 +0.1%
1989 0.1239 +0.0%
1990 0.1233 -0.4%
1991 0.1239 +0.5%
1992 0.1231 -0.7%
1993 0.1221 -0.8%
1994 0.1214 -0.6%
1995 0.1189 -2.1%
1996 0.117 -1.6%
1997 0.1149 -1.8%
1998 0.1135 -1.2%
1999 0.1126 -0.8%
2000 0.1122 -0.4%
2001 0.1122 +0.0%
2002 0.1108 -1.2%
2003 0.1095 -1.3%
2004 0.108 -1.3%
2005 0.107 -0.9%
2006 0.1067 -0.3%
2007 0.1057 -0.9%
2008 0.1047 -0.9%
2009 0.105 +0.2%
2010 0.1041 -0.8%
2011 0.1034 -0.7%
2012 0.1018 -1.5%
2013 0.1013 -0.5%
2014 0.1004 -0.9%
2015 0.1006 +0.1%
2016 0.0998 -0.8%
2017 0.0992 -0.6%
2018 0.0993 +0.2%
2019 0.099 -0.4%
2020 0.0976 -1.4%
2021 0.0991 +1.5%
2022 0.0988 -0.3%
2023 0.0966 -2.2%

France compared with similar countries

  • France's 0.0966 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0966, 100% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
  • France's 0.0966 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.098, 99% of the median. (56 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in France changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1940 +47.3% 0.2389 0.3518
1914 +25.6% 0.3237 0.4064
1941 -26.0% 0.3518 0.2602
1946 -25.2% 0.3095 0.2316

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1810s 0.4624 0.448 0.4827 4
1820s 0.4651 0.4548 0.4786 10
1830s 0.4575 0.4283 0.5074 10
1840s 0.4407 0.4105 0.4808 10
1850s 0.4499 0.4105 0.5053 10
1860s 0.4301 0.4089 0.446 10
1870s 0.4314 0.4006 0.5388 10
1880s 0.4132 0.3943 0.4271 10
1890s 0.3942 0.3699 0.4128 10
1900s 0.3584 0.3311 0.3893 10
1910s 0.3807 0.3216 0.4509 10
1920s 0.2931 0.2764 0.327 10
1930s 0.2543 0.2389 0.2701 10
1940s 0.27 0.1945 0.3582 10
1950s 0.1668 0.1525 0.1845 10
1960s 0.1447 0.1414 0.1482 10
1970s 0.1352 0.1304 0.1397 10
1980s 0.1263 0.1238 0.1308 10
1990s 0.1191 0.1126 0.1239 10
2000s 0.1082 0.1047 0.1122 10
2010s 0.1009 0.099 0.1041 10
2020s 0.098 0.0966 0.0991 4

Countries ranked near France

  1. 184 Canada 0.0978 compare
  2. 185 Czechia 0.0969 compare
  3. 186 Croatia 0.0966 compare
  4. 188 United Kingdom 0.0966 compare
  5. 189 Wallis and Futuna 0.0963 compare
  6. 190 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0954 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in France?
Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in France was 0.0966 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in France?
The highest recorded value was 0.5388 in 1871.
What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in France?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0966 in 2023.
How does France rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
France ranks 187th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men rising or falling in France?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this France data come from?
The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
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