FR
France
France is the 2nd-most populous EU member state. Member of the European Union since 1958.
26 Eurostat indicators across 4 topics, with full year-by-year history.
Population
68.9M
2025 · rank 2/27
Country at a glance
France is a western europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Paris. The country joined the European Communities in 1958 as one of the six founding member states. Economically, France is the EU's second-largest economy, with a diversified industrial base (aerospace, automotive, luxury goods), a large public sector and global agricultural exports. The country has used the euro since 1999, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. French is the official language and the country is divided into 13 NUTS-1 statistical regions for the purposes of Eurostat reporting. On Eurostat's headline indicators, France is currently 2nd-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.
Key insights
How France stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.
- Among the top 1 EU destinations for first-time asylum applications (42k)
Indicators by topic
Every Eurostat indicator we hold for France, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.
Labour & employment
5 indicators- Employment — EU-foreign citizens lfsa_egan 627k 2025 ▼0.3%
- Employment — foreign citizens (any) lfsa_egan 2,116k 2025 ▼0.0%
- Employment — national citizens lfsa_egan 26,613k 2025 ▲1.4%
- Employment — non-EU foreign citizens lfsa_egan 1,485k 2025 ▲0.3%
- Employment (15-64, all citizenships) lfsa_egan 28,733k 2025 ▲1.3%
Demography & population
4 indicatorsMigration & asylum
14 indicators- Acquisitions of EU citizenship migr_acq 103,661 2024 ▲6.6%
- First-time asylum applications migr_asyappctzm 41,935 2026 ▼64.0%
- Asylum negative first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 90,770 2025 ▲5.8%
- Asylum positive first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 60,540 2025 ▲16.1%
- Asylum positive — refugee status migr_asydcfsta 30,480 2025 ▲1.9%
- Asylum positive — subsidiary protection migr_asydcfsta 30,055 2025 ▲35.3%
- Asylum first-instance decisions (total) migr_asydcfsta 151,310 2025 ▲9.7%
- Return orders issued to non-EU citizens migr_eiord 137,550 2025 ▲6.8%
- Returns of non-EU citizens (executed) migr_eirtn 18,930 2025 ▲13.6%
- First residence permits — education migr_resfirst 112,594 2024 ▲0.2%
- First residence permits — work migr_resfirst 58,603 2024 ▼0.3%
- First residence permits — family migr_resfirst 91,030 2024 ▼1.8%
- First residence permits — other migr_resfirst 83,360 2024 ▲11.2%
- First residence permits issued (total) migr_resfirst 345,587 2024 ▲2.0%
More data on France
This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.
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European Parliament
MEPs elected from France (current term, 2024–2029).
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Public tenders
TED notices from France buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.
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EU research grants
CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from France.
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Cohesion funds
Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in France.
Sources & methodology
Data on this page comes from Eurostat (26 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.
Last refreshed: 2026-06-30 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API
Pour les données publiques nationales (fiscalité, prestations sociales, comparaisons régionales), visitez donnees-publiques.fr. donnees-publiques.fr