Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in France
France: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 25.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in France, 1970–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in France is 25.6%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in France peaked at 79.2% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 23.4%, in 2018.
That places France 106th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in France, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 79.2% | — |
| 1975 | 68.7% | -13.3% |
| 1979 | 59.7% | -13.1% |
| 1984 | 54.8% | -8.2% |
| 1990 | 49.7% | -9.3% |
| 1996 | 43.7% | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 43.1% | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 41.4% | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 40.5% | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 39.0% | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 37.3% | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 35.3% | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 40.3% | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 38.2% | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 37.8% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 38.8% | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 27.6% | -29.0% |
| 2008 | 27.8% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 26.5% | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 27.6% | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 27.2% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 27.0% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 26.9% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 26.6% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 25.6% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 24.1% | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 24.6% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 23.4% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 26.4% | +12.9% |
| 2020 | 24.8% | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 25.4% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 25.2% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 25.6% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 69.2% | 59.7% | 79.2% | 3 |
| 1980s | 54.8% | 54.8% | 54.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 43.7% | 40.5% | 49.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 34.9% | 26.5% | 40.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.0% | 23.4% | 27.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.3% | 24.8% | 25.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near France
More poverty & inequality data for France
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- 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 revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 43.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in France?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in France was 25.6% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 79.2% in 1970.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.4% in 2018.
- How does France rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- France ranks 106th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.