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

In 2025, France's persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex increased by 1.5% compared to 2024, reaching 20.8%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 20.9%.

France ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.5% (from 19.0% in 2020).

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