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How’s Life in France?
How’s Life in France?
France’s current well-being, 2018 or latest available year
                                         CIVIC
                                                                                                      INCOME AND
                                      ENGAGEMENT
                                                                                                        WEALTH
                                                                  Hav ing      House-
                                                         Voter no say in
                                                                                 hold House-
                                                        turnout gov ernment*   income hold S80/S20
                                                                                      w ealth
          SOCIAL                             Lack of                                           income
        CONNECTIONS                           social                                          share ratio*
                                                                                                                                   HOUSING
                                             support*                                                     Housing
                                   Social                                                               affordability
                                    inter-
                                   actions                                                                        Ov er-
                                                                                                                crow ding
    WORK-LIFE              Gender                                                                                 rate*
    BALANCE                 gap in
                            hours
                                                                                                                       Employ -
                           w orked*                                                                                    ment rate
                           Time off
                                                                                                                       Gender             WORK AND
                                                                                                                      w age gap*         JOB QUALITY
                           Gender
                           gap in
                           feeling                                                                                Long hours
                             safe                                                                                   in paid
    SAFETY                                                                                                          w ork*
                              Homicides*
                                                                                                               Life
                                                                                                           ex pectancy
                                      Negativ e
                                       affect                                                         Gap in life
                                      balance*                                                       ex pectancy by
                 SUBJECTIVE                       Life                                                 education
                                              satisfaction                                 Student                             HEALTH
                 WELL-BEING                                Ex posure to                                 (men)*
                                                                        Access Students    skills in
                                                           outdoor air            w ith science
                                                                        to green
                                                            pollution*
                                                                         space low skills*
             AVERAGE                                                                                 KNOWLEDGE
            INEQUALITY                  ENVIRONMENTAL                                                AND SKILLS
                                           QUALITY
Note: This chart shows France’s relative strengths and weaknesses in well-being compared to other OECD countries. Longer bars always
indicate better outcomes (i.e. higher wellbeing), whereas shorter bars always indicate worse outcomes (lower well-being) – including for negative
indicators, marked with an *, which have been reverse-scored. Inequalities (gaps between top and bottom, differences between groups, people
falling under a deprivation threshold) are shaded with stripes, and missing data in white.

France’s resources for future well-being, 2018 or latest available year

              Natural Capital                  Economic Capital                    Human Capital                      Social Capital

                                                                                       Educational
             Greenhouse gas
                                              Produced fixed assets               attainment of young                 Trust in others
            emissions per capita
                                                                                         adults                                          …
                                               Financial net worth of                                                     Trust in
              Material footprint                                                  Premature mortality
                                                   government                                                           government

              Red List Index of                                                        Labour                         Gender parity in
                                                  Household debt
             threatened species                                                   underutilisation rate                  politics

Note: ❶=top-performing OECD tier, ❷=middle-performing OECD tier, ❸=bottom-performing OECD tier. ➚ indicates consistent
improvement; ↔ indicates no clear or consistent trend; ➘ indicates consistent deterioration, and “…” indicates insufficient time series to
determine trends since 2010. For methodological details, see the Reader’s Guide of How’s Life? 2020.

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  For more information
  Access the complete publication, including information about the methods used to determine trends at:
  https://doi.org/10.1787/9870c393-en.
  Find the data used in this country profile at: http://oecd.org/statistics/Better-Life-Initiative-2020-country-
  notes-data.xlsx.

Deprivations in France
Deprivations in selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year

                                                                   FRANCE

                         8%                                                               32%
                     of the population live in relative                        would be at risk of falling into poverty if they
                             income poverty                                      had to forgo 3 months of their income

                       10%                                                                6%
                   of poor households spend more than                                  of the population report low
                   40% of their income on housing costs                                       life satisfaction

                       9%                                                               14%
                    say they have no friends or family                                  are not satisfied with how they
                        to turn to in times of need                                            spend their time

                                                                          Source: OECD (2020), How’s Life? 2020: Measuring Well-Being

Note: Relative income poverty refers to the share of people with household disposable income below 50% of the national median; financial
insecurity refers to the share of individuals who are not income poor, but whose liquid financial assets are insufficient to support them at the
level of the national relative income poverty line for at least three months; housing cost overburden refers to the share of households in the
bottom 40% of the income distribution spending more than 40% of their disposable income on housing costs; and low satisfaction with life and
with time use refer to the share of the population rating their satisfaction as 4 or lower (on a 0-10 scale).

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Inequalities between men and women in France
Gender ratios (distance from parity) for selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year

             Feeling safe                       0.79

               Job strain                           0.82

        Employment rate                                      0.90

                Earnings                                     0.90
            Hours worked
        (paid and unpaid)
                                                                0.93

        Perceived health                                            0.95

  Adult skills (numeracy)                                           0.96

                 Time off                                              0.97

         Life satisfaction                                                 0.99

  Student skills (science)                                                 1.00

           Social support                                                  1.00
        Satisfaction with
   personal relationships
                                                                           1.01
         Having a say in
             government
                                                                                  1.07

         Life expectancy                                                           1.08
             Long-term
      unemployment rate
                                                                                    1.09

       Social interactions                                                                 1.14

        Homicide victims                                                                                              // 2.00
     Long working hours
           (in paid work)
                                                                                                                      // 2.07
     Deaths from suicide,
          alcohol, drugs
                                                                                                                      // 3.99

                                         Men doing better           OECD average            Women doing better

Note: Grey bubbles denote no clear difference between men and women, defined as gender ratios within 0.03 points distance to parity.

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Inequalities between age groups in France
Age ratios (distance from parity) for selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year
                                                            A. Younger and middle-aged people

                     Employment rate       // 0.37
                          Long-term
                   unemployment rate
                                                     0.70
                              Earnings               0.71
                           Feeling safe                                       0.93
                Adult skills (numeracy)                                                0.99
                        Social support                                                 1.01
                               Time off                                                       1.05
                     Satisfaction with
                personal relationships
                                                                                              1.05
                       Life satisfaction                                                      1.05
                 Satisfaction with time
                                    use
                                                                                                     1.10
                             Job strain                                                                1.12
                       Having a say in
                          government
                                                                                                                 1.18
                    Social interactions                                                                                             // 1.67
                  Long working hours
                        (in paid work)
                                                                                                                                    // 3.49

                                              Middle-aged people doing better        OECD average             Younger people doing better

                                                               B. Younger and older people

                     Employment rate       // 0.58
                              Earnings        0.65
                             Long-term
                   unemployment rate
                                                                    0.84
                 Satisfaction with time
                                    use
                                                                             0.91
                             Job strain                                                0.99
                        Social support                                                    1.04
                               Time off                                                       1.05
                     Satisfaction with
                personal relationships
                                                                                              1.05
                           Feeling safe                                                              1.09
                       Life satisfaction                                                             1.09
                Adult skills (numeracy)                                                              1.10
                       Having a say in
                          government
                                                                                                                  1.20
                    Social interactions                                                                                             // 1.67
                  Long working hours
                        (in paid work)
                                                                                                                                    // 3.92

                                                 Older people doing better      OECD average                Younger people doing better

Note: Age ranges differ according to each indicator and are only broadly comparable. They generally refer to 15-24/29 years for young people,
25/30 to 45/50 years for the middle-aged and 50 years and over for older people. See How’s Life? 2020 for further details. Grey bubbles denote
no clear difference between age groups, defined as age ratios within 0.03 points distance to parity.

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Inequalities between people with different educational attainment in France
Education ratios (distance from parity) for selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year

               Job strain    // 0.30

             Long-term
      unemployment rate
                             // 0.49

          Having a say in
            government
                                       0.68

                Earnings                      0.75

        Perceived health                                0.86

        Employment rate                                 0.87

             Feeling safe                                  0.89

   Life expectancy (men)                                          0.95

         Life satisfaction                                        0.95

           Social support                                            0.97

        Satisfaction with
   personal relationships
                                                                         0.98

Life expectancy (women)                                                  0.99

    Satisfaction with time
                       use
                                                                                   1.08

     Long working hours
           (in paid work)
                                                                                                                    // 1.78

          People with tertiary education doing better   OECD average        People with upper secondary education doing better

Note: Grey bubbles denote no clear difference between groups with different educational attainment, defined as education ratios within
0.03 points distance to parity.

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Inequalities between top and bottom performers in France
Vertical inequalities for selected indicators of current well-being, 2018 or latest available year

          Household income of the top 20% relative to the bottom 20%                        Share of wealth owned by the top 10%, percentage
12                                                                              90

                                                                                80
10
                                                                                70

 8                                                                              60
                                                                                                                 51.7 50.6
                                                                                50
 6                                      5.4
                                                                                40
                                                         4.3
 4                                                                              30

                                                                                20
 2
                                                                                10

 0                                                                              0

           Earnings of the top 10% relative to the bottom 10%,                        PISA score in science of the top 10% relative to the bottom 10%
                           full-time employees
6                                                                               2

                                                                                                          1.69     1.67
5

4
                                  3.4

                                                                 2.8            1
3

2

1

0                                                                               0

           Life satisfaction scores of the top 20% relative to the bottom 20%                 Satisfaction with time use scores of the top 20%
                                                                                                         relative to the bottom 20%
4                                                                                4

3                                                                                3                                   2.78    2.73

                                        2.1
                                                    2
2                                                                                2

1                                                                                1

0                                                                                0

Note: For all figures, countries are ranked from left (most unequal) to right (least unequal).

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Trends in current well-being since 2010 in France - I

                                          Household income
                               (household net adjusted disposable income,    Average
                                    USD at 2017 PPPs*, per capita)                                OECD           FRA
                                                                                                 ~ 28 000       ~32 000
        Income and Wealth

                                          Household wealth
                                                                             Average
                                 (median net wealth, USD at 2016 PPPs)                      FRA       OECD
                                                                                          ~132 000   ~162 000

                                      S80/S20 income share ratio
                                 (the household income for the top 20%,
                                                                             Inequality
                                 divided by the household income for the                                                         OECD           FRA
                                               bottom 20%)                                                                        5.4            4.3

                                          Housing affordability
                               (share of disposable income remaining after   Average
                                              housing costs)                                         FRA    OECD
                                                                                                      79     79.2
        Housing

                                          Overcrowding rate
                               (share of households living in overcrowded    Inequality
                                              conditions)                                                                 OECD           FRA
                                                                                                                           12             6

                                          Employment rate
                               (employed people aged 25-64, as a share of    Average
                                    the population of the same age)                                         FRA                  OECD
                                                                                                             74                   76.5
        Work and Job Quality

                                            Gender wage gap
                               (difference between male and female median    Inequality
                                                                                                                     OECD
                               wages expressed as a share of male wages)                                              12.9
                                                                                                                                         FRA
                                                                                                                                          9.9

                                       Long hours in paid work
                                (share of employees usually working 50+      Inequality
                                            hours per week)                                                               FRA            OECD
                                                                                                                           7.7             7

                                            Life expectancy
        Health

                                (number of years a newborn can expect to     Average
                                                  live)                                                         OECD              FRA
                                                                                                                 80.5             82.6

Note: The snapshot depicts data for 2018, or the latest available year, for each indicator. The colour of the circle indicates the direction of
change, relative to 2010, or the closest available year:       = consistent improvement,     = consistent deterioration,     = no clear trend,
and white for insufficient time series to determine trends. The OECD average is marked in black. For methodological details, see the Reader’s
Guide of How’s Life? 2020. * = Purchasing Power Parity.

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Trends in current well-being since 2010 in France - II
        Environmental Knowledge and

                                               Student skills in science
                          Skills

                                                                                      Average
                                                  (PISA mean scores)
                                                                                                                    OECD           FRA
                                                                                                                     489           493
           Quality

                                         Exposure to outdoor air pollution
                                                                                      Inequality
                                        (share of population > WHO threshold)
                                                                                                   FRA    OECD
                                                                                                   79.8    62.8

                                                   Life satisfaction
         Subjective Well-being

                                                                                      Average
                                              (mean value on a 0-10 scale)
                                                                                                                     FRA            OECD
                                                                                                                      7.3            7.4

                                                Negative affect balance
                                      (share of population reporting more negative    Inequality
                                       than positive feelings and states yesterday)                                  FRA        OECD
                                                                                                                      13         13

                                                       Homicides
                                                                                      Average
                                                (per 100 000 population)                                                             OECD        FRA
                                                                                                                                      2.4         0.5
         Safety

                                              Gender gap in feeling safe
                                       (percentage difference that women feel less    Inequality
                                       safe than men when walking alone at night)                                   OECD                 FRA
                                                                                                                     -16                 -10.6

                                                        Time off
      Work-life
      Balance

                                      (time allocated to leisure and personal care,   Average
                                                     hours per day)                                        OECD                          FRA
                                                                                                            15                           16.2

                                                  Social interactions
                                                                                      Average
         Social Connections

                                                    (hours per week)
                                                                                                                  OECD      FRA
                                                                                                                    6        6.2

                                                 Lack of social support
                                      (share of people who report having no friends
                                                                                      Inequality
                                      or relatives whom they can count on in times
                                                                                                                         OECD       FRA
                                                       of trouble)                                                        8.6        8.7
      Engagement

                                                      Voter turnout
         Civic

                                                                                      Average
                                       (share of registered voters who cast votes)                                            FRA
                                                                                                                  OECD
                                                                                                                               75
                                                                                                                   69

Note: See note on page 7.

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