At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys

In 2014, France's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 3.8% compared to 2013, reaching 12.6%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.8%.

France ranks 23rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.9% (from 11.9% in 2009).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.