Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in France
France: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3181 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in France, 1970–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in France stood at 0.3181.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in France peaked at 0.3715 in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.2969, in 2006.
That places France 82nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.357 | 0.3404 | 0.3715 | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.334 | 0.334 | 0.334 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.3204 | 0.3166 | 0.325 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.3165 | 0.2969 | 0.33 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3247 | 0.312 | 0.3372 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.313 | 0.3066 | 0.3181 | 4 |
Countries ranked near France
More poverty & inequality data for France
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.64 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,281 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 43.8% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.034 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.3% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0761 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0761 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0966 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1789 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in France?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in France was 0.3181 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3715 in 1970.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2969 in 2006.
- How does France rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- France ranks 82nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.