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France in Europe
Where it ranks in Europe —
median rank 18th
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
83 years
’24
12th
▸
Lowest homicide rate
1.3 per 100k
’23
30th
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
2.2 per 100k
’19
38th
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
114 per 100k
’23
24th
▸
Healthcare coverage
†
99.9%
’25
15th
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
16 weeks
’25
19th
▸
Statutory paid holiday
25 days
’26
4th
▸
Years in education
16.1 years
’23
25th
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
5.1 per 100k
’19
18th
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
2.5 per 100k
’23
12th
▸
Pupil performance
‡
474 score
’22
17th
▸
Environmental performance
‡
69.8 score
’26
7th
▸
Human development index
0.92 score
’23
17th
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
12.5 % of adults
’24
1st
▸
GDP per capita
†
$63,975
’25
18th
▸
Lowest unemployment
7.5%
’25
30th
▸
Lowest infant mortality
3.4 per 1k births
’24
25th
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
16.6 per 100k
’21
35th
▸
Lowest CO₂ per person
†
4 t per person
’24
11th
▸
Renewable energy share
†
16.2%
’21
31st
▸
Happiness
†
6.59 / 10
’25
21st
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
0.93 per million
’25
13th
▸
Population
68.7M people
’25
4th
▸
Land area
551,695 km²
’24
3rd
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