Where France stands

Compares: A homicide is a death: it is counted much the same way everywhere, which makes it the most comparable measure of violence between countries.
Caveat: France publishes 1.3 (police, UNODC 2023) but 0.8 according to death certificates (WHO via OECD, 2022): two counts, one country. We compare the same source for every country.
Source: UNODC (via World Bank, VC.IHR.PSRC.P5), updated 8 Oct 2026. Years: 2023 (UK, BE: 2021 ; PT: 2022).
Reversed scale: lower is better, so the bar is flipped to keep “better” on the right.

Compares: The same question, asked the same way in every country, to about 1,000 people a year, three years pooled.
Caveat: A feeling, not a risk; about 3,000 answers per country, so a few points of margin.
Source: Gallup World Poll, 2023-2025 average (OECD, How's Life, measure 10_2). Years: 2025.

Compares: One harmonised question from the European survey on income and living conditions.
Caveat: Europe only; the United Kingdom left the survey (last data 2018).
Source: Eurostat, EU-SILC survey (ilc_mddw03), 2023. Years: 2023.
Reversed scale: lower is better, so the bar is flipped to keep “better” on the right.

Compares: The same test, scored on the same scale, taken by randomly sampled 15-year-olds.
Caveat: A few points is not a gap: France (458) is not significantly different from Germany, Spain, the United States or Portugal. Netherlands, United States and Canada did not meet the sampling standards: take care.
Source: OECD, PISA 2025 (published 8 September 2026), table reproduced by Ireland's national centre (ERC, table 5.1) and by Singapore's Ministry of Education; France and OECD confirmed by the DEPP (NI 26.40). Years: 2025.

Compares: Worked out everywhere from the year's deaths by age.
Caveat: Does not say how many of those years are spent in good health: see the next measure.
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects (via World Bank, SP.DYN.LE00.IN). Years: 2024.

Compares: The years a newborn can expect to live in good health: the same WHO method for every country, the same year.
Caveat: A modelled estimate, published with a delay: the latest year is 2021, a Covid year.
Source: WHO, modelled estimates (WHOSIS_000002, WHO public statistics API). Years: 2021.

Compares: One model (satellites and stations) for every country, weighted by where people live.
Caveat: A national average: an Alpine valley or a main road can be well above it.
Source: Global Burden of Disease 2023, population-weighted exposure (via World Bank, EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3). Years: 2023.
Reversed scale: lower is better, so the bar is flipped to keep “better” on the right.

Compares: Adjusted for each country's cost of living, and counting the schooling and care provided by the state, which other households pay for themselves.
Caveat: An average per person, not a median income; the latest years are provisional.
Source: OECD, How's Life (measure 1_1, national accounts, dollars at 2023 purchasing power parity). Years: 2024 (DE, IT, NL, CA, PT: 2025 ; CH: 2023).

Compares: Share of the 40% lowest-income households spending more than 40% of their income on rent or mortgage: one threshold everywhere.
Caveat: In the United States income is counted before tax, which flatters the figure a little.
Source: OECD, Affordable Housing Database (How's Life, measure 3_3). Years: 2024 (CH, US, JP: 2023 ; UK, CA: 2022 ; AU: 2021).
Reversed scale: lower is better, so the bar is flipped to keep “better” on the right.

Compares: The International Labour Organization's definition, the same everywhere.
Caveat: Counts neither involuntary part-time work nor people who gave up looking.
Source: ILO, modelled estimates (via World Bank, SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS). Years: 2025.
Reversed scale: lower is better, so the bar is flipped to keep “better” on the right.

Compares: Usual hours reported in labour force surveys.
Caveat: Japan not published in this series.
Source: OECD, Labour Force Statistics (How's Life, measure 2_7). Years: 2025.
Reversed scale: lower is better, so the bar is flipped to keep “better” on the right.