FR · 2016 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
France, 2016
In 2016, France's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 3.0% compared to 2015, reaching 12.8%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.8%.
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 fallen by 5.2% (from 13.5% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.