Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex

In 2021, France's persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex increased by 0.0% compared to 2020, reaching 19.0%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 21.7%.

France ranks 16th 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 1.6% (from 18.7% in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_peps01n, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.