At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex

In 2010, France's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex increased by 3.1% compared to 2009, reaching 39.9.

France accounts for 80.6% of the EU-27 total of 49.5.

France ranks 21st 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 2.3% (from 39.0 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.