France: Fewer Poor People Than EU Average
- The hexagon has a lower poverty rate than the European average, but a slightly higher proportion of people on a modest standard of living according to the Dress.
- France has less than poor In proportion to its population but a little more modest people than the average of the EU countries, according to a study of...
- "In all EU countries, there are between 10 and 15% of modest people, while the poverty rate varies from 9 to 23%"notes the study based on data from...
The hexagon has a lower poverty rate than the European average, but a slightly higher proportion of people on a modest standard of living according to the Dress. French retirees appear particularly protected.
France has less than poor In proportion to its population but a little more modest people than the average of the EU countries, according to a study of the DREES published on Wednesday. The statistical service of social ministries characterizes the so -called “poor” by a standard of living below 60% of the country’s median, and people “Modest” Between 60 and 75% of this median standard of living.
“In all EU countries, there are between 10 and 15% of modest people, while the poverty rate varies from 9 to 23%”notes the study based on data from 2021. France has 14% of poor people (compared to 17% on average in the EU) and 13% of modest people (compared to 12% in the EU). “Below the European average” For the poverty rate, France is “midway” Between Luxembourg (18% of poor) and Finland (11%).
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In the EU as in France, single -parent families, large families, unemployed, immigrants and single people are more at risk of being poor or modest. A third of people belonging to a single -parent family in the EU are poor (39% in France).
Immigrants from countries outside the EU are much more often in precarious situations: 44% in the EU are poor, 42% in France. Retirees are much less affected by poverty in France than in the EU: 10% are poor, against 15% in the EU. “France is one of countries where the rate of poverty and modest people among retirees is the lowest”notes the Drees.