Weaker productivity gains have slowed potential growth
Likelihood of unemployment by place of residence
Public spending is high
The average person has enviable well-being in France
France has many strengths
The country also faces many challenges
Macroeconomic indicators
Structure of trade in goods, 2016-17
Without policy changes the debt-to-GDP ratio is set to increase further
The size of government is large
Average effective age of labour-market exit in 2014
Health outcomes are good, but spending is high
Health outcomes and access to care are unequal
Spending on prevention is low
Spending on pharmaceuticals and prescriptions is high
Hospital admissions and spending on in-patient care are high
High corporate tax rates go along with low revenues
Taxes on labour remain high
Structure of tax revenues, 2015
Taxes have limited effectiveness in reducing income inequality
VAT revenue shortfall due to tax breaks
Green growth indicators: France
TFP growth has slowed
The use of employment contracts shorter than one month has risen steadily
The share of adults with no knowledge of ICT is high
Better management and labour relations would support technology adoption
Estimated gains to the level of labour productivity from policy reforms that reduce skills mismatch
Communications prices have declined much faster in France than elsewhere
The lag in R&D investment is partly attributable to the productive structure
The minimum wage is high, 2015
Despite recent cuts in labour costs, employment in low-wage services sectors is relatively modest
Access to apprenticeships and job-search assistance should improve
Fixed-term contracts are widespread across all qualification levels and seldom lead to stable jobs
Employment Protection Legislation appears to be restrictive overall
Unionisation is weak, while coverage of collective agreements is pervasive
Lack of trust in trade unions and fear of reprisals hinder stronger unionisation
Residents of poor neighbourhoods face various social handicaps
Population structure in poor neighbourhoods, 2014
Whatever their education, poor neighbourhoods' residents are more likely to be unemployed, 2014
More disadvantaged children still show weaker educational outcomes, 2015
Pedagogical training and teacher teamwork are weak
Joint teaching and adapting teaching to heterogeneous abilities are underdeveloped
Grade repetition is high
Housing tenure across households by income decile
Price responsiveness of housing supply
Increase in the prison population and overcrowding
Poverty and social problems in France
The concentration of income groups in neighbourhoods of OECD metropolitan areas
Population structure and unemployment in poor neighbourhoods, 2014
Inhabitants of poor neighbourhoods report more problems than others
Skill test scores for adults are relatively poor, especially in the case of immigrants
Participation rates in early-childhood education
Teachers feel not well prepared in pedagogy, while access to continuing training is weak
Teachers' involvement in teamwork is limited
School segregation is significant, and outcomes in disadvantaged schools are weak
Social housing tenure and household expenditure on housing across OECD countries
Suicide rates in penal institutions in EU countries
Life expectancy and population ageing
Selected indicators of health-care quality
Health spending
Health disparities
The financing of health-care spending
Public health spending
Special scheme for long-term diseases (ALD), 2014
The health system is redistributive
Access to complementary health insurance schemes
Access to complementary health insurance schemes by age groups
Health administrative spending is high
Selected indicators of prevention and co-ordination among health-care providers
Selected primary-care outcomes
Density of physicians and payments
The hospital sector, 2015
Hospital use
Pharmaceutical consumption and prices
Retail sales of pharmaceuticals
Consumption of generics
Tobacco consumption
Alcohol consumption and prices
Prevalence of overweight individuals and food diet
Occupational risks
Sick days and days missed for occupational accidents and diseases
Urban air pollution