Development Ledger · Europe
France
HDI rank 26 of 193High incomeGDI group 1
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.920
+0.122 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.836
9.1% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
83.3 yrs
Expected schooling 16.1 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$55,060
Mean schooling 11.8 yrs
HDI over Time
France against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.974
Education0.841
Income0.953
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.76. A child born today will be 76% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
France against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.