This statistic shows the number of poor people in France from 1970 to 2020. In 2020, there were 8.9 million poor French people.
The increase of poverty rate in Western countries is a rampant issue since 2000. Since that year, France has seen its poverty rate slowly but steadily growing. One of the main aspect of poverty in France is its impact on the youngest and on the oldest generations. Thus, more than 1.5 million French people aged younger than 18 years were living below the poverty line in 2016.
Number of people below the 60 percent poverty line from 1970 to 2020
(in 1,000s)
Characteristic
Number of people in thousands
2020
8,884
2019
9,244
2018
9,327
2017
8,889
2016
8,783
2015
8,875
2014
8,732
2013
8,563
2012
8,760
2011
8,729
2010
8,520
2008
7,836
2007
8,152
2006
7,944
2005
7,881
2004
7,495
2003
7,691
2002
7,607
2001
7,870
2000
7,951
1999
7,858
1998
7,986
1997
8,154
1996
8,292
1990
7,848
1984
7,848
1979
7,235
1975
8,491
1970
8,649
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Insee, & Observatoire des inégalités. (October 14, 2022). Number of people below the 60 percent poverty line from 1970 to 2020 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/759619/number-of-poor-people-france/
Insee, und Observatoire des inégalités. "Number of people below the 60 percent poverty line from 1970 to 2020 (in 1,000s)." Chart. October 14, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/759619/number-of-poor-people-france/
Insee, Observatoire des inégalités. (2022). Number of people below the 60 percent poverty line from 1970 to 2020 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/759619/number-of-poor-people-france/
Insee, and Observatoire des inégalités. "Number of People below The 60 Percent Poverty Line from 1970 to 2020 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/759619/number-of-poor-people-france/
Insee & Observatoire des inégalités, Number of people below the 60 percent poverty line from 1970 to 2020 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/759619/number-of-poor-people-france/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of people below the 60 percent poverty line from 1970 to 2020 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Insee, & Observatoire des inégalités, October 14, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/759619/number-of-poor-people-france/
