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International Rankings of France - 2023


SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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This table lists the international rankings of France, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of France, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data Rank Value Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 7 47 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 9 30.627 million 2020
Internet users - percent of population 22 86 % 2021
Internet users - total 21 55.900 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 7 59 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 7 38.000 million 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 50 110 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 25 73.000 million 2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco 25 3.7 % of household expenditures 2018
Average household expenditures - on food 79 13.2 % of household expenditures 2018
Budget - expenditures 6 1.509 trillion US Dollars 2019
Budget - revenues 6 1.427 trillion US Dollars 2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 55 2.6 % of GDP 0
Current account balance 27 9.947 billion US Dollars 2021
Debt - external 5 6.356 trillion US Dollars 2019
Exports 6 920.864 billion US Dollars 2021
GDP (official exchange rate) 9 2.716 trillion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 113 30.9 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 34 23.6 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 135 54.1 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 54 32 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 70 22.5 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 47 0.9 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 134 1.7 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 121 19.5 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 31 78.8 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 94 32.4 % 2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 86 25.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 15 3.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 0
Imports 6 957.717 billion US Dollars 2021
Industrial production growth rate 59 6.98 % 2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 145 1.64 % 2021
Labor force 22 31.132 million US Dollars 2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 128 2.8 % 2016
Labor force - by occupation - industry 70 20 % 2016
Labor force - by occupation - services 30 77.2 % 2016
Population below poverty line 124 13.6 % 2018
Public debt 14 123.01 % of GDP 2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 10 3.048 trillion US Dollars 2021
Real GDP growth rate 59 6.82 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 33 45000 US Dollars 2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 16 244.280 billion US Dollars 2021
Taxes and other revenues 51 24.69 % of GDP 0
Unemployment rate 87 8.06 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 76 20.3 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 63 19.9 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 66 20.1 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 29 26.971 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 24 85.589 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 13 225.865 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 29 10.712 million metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 51 35000 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 23 7.891 million metric tons 2020
Coal - production 44 2.312 million metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 75 0 metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 10 472.699 billion kWh 2020
Electricity - exports 3 64.425 billion kWh 2020
Electricity - imports 12 19.613 billion kWh 2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity 9 138.611 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 9 36.203 billion kWh 2020
Electricity access 1 100 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 38 2 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 151 8 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 17 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 93 11.7 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 1 68.4 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 46 2.5 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 4 0.2 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 35 7.3 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 34 151.053 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 26 38.192 billion cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - exports 22 9.104 billion cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - imports 10 46.110 billion cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - production 90 16.226 million cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - proven reserves 75 7.787 billion cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 73 0 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 11 1.065 million bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 68 61.700 million bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 13 1.689 million bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 48 81500 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 21 440600 bbl/day 2017
Refined petroleum products - imports 10 886800 bbl/day 2017
Refined petroleum products - production 17 1.311 million bbl/day 2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 184 N/A megatons 2023
Air pollutants - methane emissions 29 55.99 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 154 11.64 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 57 52.7 2018
Land use - arable land 25 33.4 2018
Land use - forest 102 29.2 2018
Land use - other 131 18.1 2018
Land use - permanent crops 68 1.8 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 88 17.5 2018
Revenue from coal 33 0 % of GDP 2018
Revenue from forest resources 95 0.03 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 44 211.000 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 60 3.180 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial 5 17.780 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal 20 5.310 billion cubic meters 2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 131 0.67 2025
Urbanization - urban population 41 81.8 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 9 33.399 million tons 2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 7 7.435 million tons 2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 35 22.3 % 2015
Geography
Area - land 1 640.428 billion sq km 0
Area - total 1 643.802 billion sq km 0
Area - water 2 33.742 million sq km 0
Coastline 191 N/A km 2023
Elevation - highest point 32 4810 meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 36 2 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 94 375 meters 0
Irrigated land 35 14236 sq km 2013
Land boundaries - total 54 3956 km 0
Land use - agricultural land 57 52.7 2018
Land use - arable land 25 33.4 2018
Land use - forest 102 29.2 2018
Land use - other 131 18.1 2018
Land use - permanent crops 68 1.8 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 88 17.5 2018
Military
Military expenditures 33 1.9 % of GDP 2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 65 2.52 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 49 0.18 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 43 2.3 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 8 11.44 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 1 6.44 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 159 11.56 births/1,000 population 2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 103 N/A % 0
Contraceptive prevalence rate 130 N/A % 0
Current health expenditure 9 12.2 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 92 54.8 % 2023
Death rate 44 9.51 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 10 34.8 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 125 2.9 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 59 63.1 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 132 28.3 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 1 100 % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 109 0 % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 102 0 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 64 0 % of population 0
Education expenditures 31 5.5 % of GDP 2020
Gross reproduction rate 70 0.99 % 2023
Hospital bed density 18 5.9 beds/1,000 population 2018
Infant mortality rate - female 206 2.7 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Infant mortality rate - male 199 3.48 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 203 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 11 85.97 years 2023
Life expectancy at birth - male 28 79.75 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 17 82.79 years 0
Literacy - female 122 N/A % 0
Literacy - male 100 N/A % 0
Literacy - total population 110 N/A % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 114 8 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 32 43.4 years 2020
Median age - male 34 40 years 0
Median age - total 30 41.7 years 0
Mother's mean age at first birth 22 28.9 2020
Net migration rate 63 1.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 68 21.6 % 2016
Physicians density 41 3.27 physicians/1,000 population 2019
Population 22 68.522 million 2023
Population growth rate 124 0.31 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 1 100 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 119 0 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 121 0 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 94 0 % of population 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 7 16 years 2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 5 16 years 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 6 16 years 0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 11 1.05 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 22 1.01 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 35 0.78 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 8 1.05 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 23 0.96 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 5 31.9 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 54 34.9 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 19 33.4 % 2020
Total fertility rate 84 2.02 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 131 0.67 2025
Urbanization - urban population 41 81.8 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 76 20.3 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 63 19.9 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 66 20.1 0
Transportation
Airports 15 464 2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports 3 64 0
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports 1 N/A 0
Airports - with paved runways - military airports 2 22 0
Airports - with paved runways - other airports 5 204 0
Airports - with unpaved runways 23 1.701 million 3280
Heliports 25 1 2021
Merchant marine - total 40 549 0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 15 4.444 billion 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 18 70.188 million 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 11 553 0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 10 19 2020
Railways 33 N/A km 2023
Roadways - paved 168 N/A km 2011
Roadways - total 7 1.053 million km 2011
Waterways 18 8501 km 3000

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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