Gini index — all countries

Gini index — France

Gini index in France in 2023 — 31.8 index. Ranked 20 in the world out of 57. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 14.3%.

2023 31.8 index +1.92% vs 2022
World rank 20of 57
Period maximum 37.1 index1970
Period minimum 29.7 index2006

Trend over time

1970–2023 · index, 0–100

Gini index — France, 1970–202328303234363819701976198219881994200020062012201820231970: 37.1 index1975: 35.9 index1979: 34 index1984: 33.4 index1990: 32.1 index1996: 32 index1997: 31.9 index1998: 31.7 index1999: 32.5 index2000: 32.6 index2001: 32.5 index2002: 31.8 index2003: 31.4 index2004: 30.6 index2005: 29.8 index2006: 29.7 index2007: 32.4 index2008: 33 index2009: 32.7 index2010: 33.7 index2011: 33.3 index2012: 33.1 index2013: 32.5 index2014: 32.3 index2015: 32.7 index2016: 31.9 index2017: 31.6 index2018: 32.4 index2019: 31.2 index2020: 30.7 index2021: 31.5 index2022: 31.2 index2023: 31.8 index
Change over the period: −5.3 (−14.29%) Average annual rate: -0.29 %
Gini index — France, by year France All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 31.8 +0.6 +1.92%
2022 31.2 −0.3 −0.95%
2021 31.5 +0.8 +2.61%
2020 30.7 −0.5 −1.6%
2019 31.2 −1.2 −3.7%
2018 32.4 +0.8 +2.53%
2017 31.6 −0.3 −0.94%
2016 31.9 −0.8 −2.45%
2015 32.7 +0.4 +1.24%
2014 32.3 −0.2 −0.62%
2013 32.5 −0.6 −1.81%
2012 33.1 −0.2 −0.6%
2011 33.3 −0.4 −1.19%
2010 33.7 +1 +3.06%
2009 32.7 −0.3 −0.91%
2008 33 +0.6 +1.85%
2007 32.4 +2.7 +9.09%
2006 29.7 −0.1 −0.34%
2005 29.8 −0.8 −2.61%
2004 30.6 −0.8 −2.55%
2003 31.4 −0.4 −1.26%
2002 31.8 −0.7 −2.15%
2001 32.5 −0.1 −0.31%
2000 32.6 +0.1 +0.31%
1999 32.5 +0.8 +2.52%
1998 31.7 −0.2 −0.63%
1997 31.9 −0.1 −0.31%
1996 32
1990 32.1
1984 33.4
1979 34
1975 35.9
1970 37.1

Western Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The Gini index measures how far the distribution of income (or consumption) in a country departs from a perfectly even one. A value of 0 would mean everyone receives the same, 100 that all income goes to one person. Values below 30 are typical of Northern and Central Europe, values above 50 of a number of countries in Latin America and Southern Africa.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: the inequality of a group does not follow from country-level Gini values — it requires the income distribution of all its residents at once. The data rest on household surveys, are not available for every year, and the base may be either income or consumption.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.