France's hdi rose from 0.8 in 1994 to 0.9 in 2023.
France · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 14 with data
France's life satisfaction fell from 6.7 in 2011 to 6.6 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs24th of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthup +0.0 yrs15th of 185
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- Gini indexup +1.9 %20th of 57
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)down −20.8 %32nd of 200
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- Homicide rateup +7.8 %37th of 83
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.0 pts20th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Internet usersup +1.8 pts65th of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs44th of 195
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- Unemploymentup +0.1 pts133rd of 185
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- Housing cost overburden ratedown −0.6 pts16th of 30
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- Women in parliamentup +0.1 pts41st of 184