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- The proportion of people experiencing material and social deprivation increased in 2022
- The unemployment halo, 2.5 to 5 times more prevalent in the French overseas departments than in mainland France
- Portrait of professions in France in 2022
- 30,000 brand network food retail outlets cover all living zones
- 94% of the 15-29 year-olds owned a smartphone in 2021
- The majority of enterprises call on subcontractors
- Digital practices have been lastingly transformed by the health crisis
- Wage income was €20,350 on average in 2013
- Digital connectivity for households in the DOMs (France’s Overseas Departments): young people well connected
- Investment to protect the environment was down slightly in 2014
- Regional gross domestic product from 1990 to 2013
- 2015-2016 Winter tourist season
- French multinational groups in 2013: 5.4 million workers employed outside France
- 594,000 people died in France in 2015
- Security: a booming sector
- Advance estimate of the poverty rate and inequality indicators
- Employment and unemployment in the DOMs (France’s Overseas Departments): the gap with metropolitan France remains high
- In early 2021, 92% of wealth was owned by half of all households
- In 2015, one in twenty newborns had a mother aged 40 or over, as in 1948
- 2016 Summer tourist season
- The manufacturing industry: a definite upswing in 2015
- Housing stock in France at 1 <exposant> st </exposant> January 2016
- Beneficiaries of the allowance for loss of autonomy in the departments
- A higher standard of living yet greater income inequality in <emphase-faible>Île-de-France</emphase-faible> and densely populated communes
- 2 to 6 million additionnal households in France between 2018 and 2050
- 569,200 people died in France in 2013 - Once again, a very high number of deaths
- Social media: what uses in the job market?
- In 2014, 818,565 babies were born in France - one new-born in ten takes the surname of both parents
- Investment in environmental protection stabilised in 2013
- Industrial producer prices in the Eurozone: for the past decade, France and Germany have been progressing at the same rate
- The manufacturing industry saw a slight upturn in production in 2014
- Personal services: activity remained dynamic in 2014
- The agrifood industry: a trade surplus attributable to wines and spirits
- The pleasure boat industry in France: specialisation in sailing boats
- 1,625 State-controlled companies at the end of 2015
- Energy consumption in industry increased slightly in 2015, but the bill continues to come down
- Slightly fewer voters mobilised for the elections than in 2012
- Wages are both more dynamic and more widely dispersed in Germany than in France
- Analysing migratory flows between France and the rest of the world between 2006 and 2015
- Wage income was 20,670 euros on average in 2014
- Half of the people arrived in France in 2017 were born in Europe
- Real estate activities: modest but steady growth
- 43% of very high-income earners reside in <emphase-faible>Île-de-France</emphase-faible>
- In 2021, French multinational firms generated half of their turnover abroad
- Good results for the 2015 summer tourist season
- More and more homes equipped with electronic goods - Computers and internet access experiencing strong growth
- Publishing in 2011: the daily press under threat
- Enterprise categories in France: from micro to large enterprise
- 1,632 State-controlled companies at the end of 2014
- Technologically innovative companies: mainly engaged in research and development
- The housing stock in France at 1st January 2014
- Industrial expenditure on the protection of the environment on the rise again in 2012
- French electoral rolls on 1st March 2014: spotlight on European citizens
- Agro-food industry: activity with mixed results
- How businesses intend to use the CICE
- Innovation in SMEs is also linked to their regional base
- French, foreign and immigrant populations in France since 2006
- Services to enterprises: recovery in 2014
- Information and Communication Services: growth remains positive
- Microenterprises: 2 million very diverse units
- More victims of theft and violence among homeless people
- In 2012, over 70% of sorted trade waste was recovered
- Tyre production in France: a concentrated industry
- The cost of labour since the economic crisis: contrasting trends in Europe
- Lowest marriage rate since 1950 - 231,200 marriages between people of different sex in 2013
- Employment and unemployment in the new regions since the onset of the crisis
- 559,300 people died in France in 2014: fewer than in 2012 and 2013
- The number of voters remained virtually stable between 1st March 2014 and 1st March 2015
- Supermarkets focus on food again
- Accommodation and food services: improved results in 2013, in spite of a slight downturn in sales
- Mid-size enterprises in France - very industry oriented
- French multinational groups in 2012. Increasingly present outside the European Union
- In 2013, employment in the wholesale trade did not return to its pre-crisis level
- 44.6 million French electors on 1st March 2014
- French multinational groups in 2011 - 53% of employees outside France
- The catering sector: from tradition to fast food
- Trade margins vary for different products, but supermarket chains present similar figures
- 2.1 children per woman for generations born between 1947 and 1963
- In 2014, 85% of young French people aged 18 to 24 were registered on electoral rolls
- 26% excess deaths between the start of March and mid-April 2020: densely populated communes the most affected
- 300,000 Retail Trade Outlets
- Hypermarkets Rank Top for Sales of Food Products
- Energy consumption in industry remained stable in 2014, but the total cost decreased
- In France and in the Eurozone, manufacturing production remains weakened by the economic crisis
- 75% of investment concentrated in 11,400 companies
- 241,300 marriages in 2014 – A slight increase due to same-sex marriages
- 3,000 enterprises at the heart of the French economy
- Evaluation of a 2015-2016 electoral review in two stages
- Food product wholesale trade: leading wholesale sales
- Automotive industry: upturn in production in 2014
- Energy consumption in industry remained stable in 2013
- Energy consumption in industry from 2005 to 2012: the volume decreased, the bill increased
- 2023 winter tourist season
- Manufacturing production: France lost market share in Europe, but held strong in its specialities
- Moderate inflation since the euro changeover
- When a relationship breaks down, the man more often stays in the conjugal home
- More than one in two municipalities in France has fewer than 500 inhabitants
- At the end of 2021, payroll employment exceeded pre-health crisis level in almost all employment zones
- In 2022, births at their lowest since the end of the Second World War
- In 2021, a quarter of anti‑pollution investments in industry were aimed at using cleaner energy or less energy
- In 2019, employment grew at its fastest pace since 2007
- Earned income is more widely dispersed among self-employed than among employees
- Networks of banners accounted for more than a quarter of value added in the accommodation and food services sector
- 2023 summer tourist season
- Wholesale of intermediate goods, essential for production activities
- Population and employment: contrasting changes on both sides of the borders
- In June 2020, 73% fewer overnight stays in hotels than in 2019 in Metropolitan France
- In April 2020, the number of occupied rooms slumps by 79% according to data from three major hotel chains
- Advanced estimation of the poverty rate and of inequality indicators
- Energy consumption in industry is gaining pace in 2016, but the decrease in price invoiced is increasing
- French multinational companies in 2014: 5.5 million employees outside of France
- Paper products manufacturing: France still ranks 3rd in the European Union
- Perfumes and toilet preparations, an asset for France
- The population is ageing more markedly in Germany than in France and the United Kingdom
- Winter tourist season
- The 784,000 births registered in 2016 took place in 2,800 municipalities
- Wholesale of household goods
- Investment in environmental protection continues to decline in 2015
- 594,000 people died in France in 2016, a quarter of them at home
- 96% of active workers reside less than 15 km from a major private sector employer
- 256,500 inhabitants in Mayotte in 2017
- Half of all companies report barriers to hiring
- Salary income amounted to 20,540 euros on average in 2015
- Producer prices rose at a record pace in 2022 but decelerated at the end of the year
- Florists, garden centres and pet shops: dynamic shopping outlets
- Housing stock in France as at 1 January 2017
- French multinational companies in 2015: 5.5 million employees outside of France
- Summer 2017 tourist season
- In 2016, employment rose across all regions
- Social transfers paid to households: effects differing by territory
- In 2015 in France, 1.8 million jobs in companies were under foreign control
- 233,000 weddings celebrated in 2016
- 2017 elections: 6.5% citizens register voluntarily
- From the north to the south, natural and migratory shifts are pitting departments against one another
- High Operating Costs in Road Freight Transport
- 1,702 State-controlled companies as at end-2016
- In municipalities where service offerings are lowest, building tradespersons and restaurants are the most frequently found
- Decline in number of voters in 2018
- At age 24-25, young people situation remained linked to their lower secondary test results and to their social background
- Infant mortality stable for ten years after decades of decline
- Door, window and closure production in France, specialising in aluminium
- The handbag, the flagship product of French leather goods
- 2018 Voter Registration: those in their 30s less likely to register than others
- Employment of older people on the rise between 2007 and 2017: more part-time and temporary jobs
- Winter tourist season 2017-2018
- The proportion of seniors living at home in situations of impaired-autonomy varies from one region to another
- Hourly wages: the importance of the socio-professional category and the diploma
- Cement production in France: a highly concentrated industry
- Marked population growth in low-density areas
- The demographic predominance of the largest municipalities is declining
- Payroll employment in retail trade driven by the food trade
- Job creations more sustained in Occitania and in the overseas departments (DOM) in 2015
- In five years, more public services in large cities
- Nearly three-quarters of young people gained work experience during their studies
- Investment in environmental protection fell significantly in 2016
- Housing stock in France at 1 January 2018
- 606,000 people died in France in 2017, half were over 83 years old
- 770,000 babies born in France in 2017: six out of ten were born out of wedlock
- Early forecast of poverty rate and indicators
- 2019 Summer tourist season
- Investments aimed at protecting the environment fell once again in 2017
- Seven out of ten employees go to work by car
- French multinational enterprise groups make half their turnover overseas
- Life satisfaction score is not really linked to the kind of area where people live
- In 2016 in France, 1.8 million jobs in foreign controlled enterprises
- Between 2011 and 2016, major urban areas support French demographic growth
- Recent decrease in fertility in France: all ages and all standards of living are affected
- Employment picks up again in all regions in 2017
- 47.1 million voters present in April 2019 on the French electoral lists
- In October 2018, gains from social tax reforms offset by higher oil prices
- More people live in a median household in the western regions
- Assessing the effects of increases and decreases in social benefits and direct taxes on household living standards and inequalities
- Housing in the Consumer Price Index
- Number of state-controlled companies continued to grow in 2017
- Life expectancy gains are concentrated in the older age groups
- The spread of corporate social responsibility
- Energy consumption in industry falls in 2017, while the bill goes up
- E-commerce reveals a digital divide among companies
- From electronic devices to online services: a massive diffusion of new technologies in 30 years
- Marriages celebrated in France in 2017: the wife is younger than the groom in 2 marriages out of 3
- 2018-2019 winter tourist season - sharp decline in the number of nights spent in the Île-de-France and ski resorts
- 45% of young people in employment consider that their studies help them a lot in their work
- In four out of ten recent couples, only one spouse owns or rents the home
- Travel agencies and tour operators: above all, a business designing trips
- In all regions, households more often home owners than 50 years ago
- The meat industry: leading sector in food industries, affected by repeated crises
- Women and men on the labour market : less marked differences at the beginning of the working life
- Summer 2018 tourist season: occupancy rising thanks to non-resident clientele
- Private rental of tourist accommodation by Internet attracts still more in 2017
- 610,000 people died in France in 2018 - Half of them died in the <emphase-faible>département</emphase-faible> where they were born
- Tourist accommodation rented out by individuals via the internet remains attractive
- 10% of households hold almost half of total wealth
- Employment remained dynamic in 2018 despite a decline in four regions
- Intermediate-Sized Enterprises Account for 45% of Total Employment Under Foreign Control in France
- Older People Are More Likely to be in Employment in Île-de-France and in Western France
- France, Europe's Fourth Largest Producer of Paints, Varnishes and Similar Coatings, Printing Ink and Mastics
- 36.6 million dwellings in France, excluding Mayotte, on 1st January 2019
- France’s Furniture Manufacturing Industry in Competition with European and Chinese Counterparts
- In 2018, four out of ten people got married in the department where they were born
- Accounting activities: a sector of specialists
- Holiday Season, Sales, “Black Friday”: a Marked Impact on Retail Sales
- Labour cost in France in 2016: 34.3 euros per hour on average
- Urban policy: 1.6 million french households receiving Family Allowance Funds (<emphase-forte>Caisses d’allocations familiales - CAF</emphase-forte>) payments in neighbourhoods in december 2018
- 83% of the Total Turnover Outside France is Concentrated within 160 French Multinational Entreprise Groups
- Industrial Energy Consumption Remained Stable in 2018, while Costs Continued to Rise
- France, Europe's Second-Largest Producer of Bricks and Tiles
- 47.7 million voters on the French electoral lists in February 2020
- 38% of the French Population Live in a Densely Populated Municipality
- Between 2015 and 2021, population growth were twice as high in urban areas as in rural areas
- In european countries, women live between 3 and 10 years longer than men
- In France, like in Europe, an excess mortality linked to COVID-19 occured in late March/early April
- The number of deaths rose twice as high for people born abroad as for those born in France during the Covid-19 health crisis
- Middle-level occupations: more and more numerous and feminized
- Clerical, sales and services employees: mostly female jobs
- Current facilities of households in the French overseas departments close to metropolitan France equivalents, apart from in Mayotte
- Greater investment in protecting the environment in 2018
- Industrial and blue-collar workers: mostly male jobs
- In 2017, household consumption expenditure was lower in the French overseas departments than in metropolitan France
- The most modest households spend more on housing and the wealthiest on transport
- In one century, the peak of births has shifted from winter to summer and has diminished
- For more than a century, the highest number of deaths has occurred in winter
- 70% of poor people in 2016 remained poor the following year, a persistence that has increased since 2008
- Over-occupied housing, isolated elderly people… different lockdown protocols depending on the region
- Hotel occupancy increases in Q2 2021, but remains significantly below its pre-COVID level
- More and more inhabitants in urban units
- Living conditions during lockdown: gaps based on standard of living and socio-professional category
- Working time and working at home during the lockdown: significant differences depending on occupation
- Demographic dynamism weakened between 2013 and 2018, with the degradation of the natural balance
- 37 million dwellings in France, excluding Mayotte, on 1st January 2020
- Decrease of nights spent by tourists in September, after recovering in July-August
- In the overseas departments, more frequent dissatisfaction with material conditions reduces life satisfaction
- In 2017, gross disposable household income remained higher in <emphase-faible>Île-de-France</emphase-faible>
- Farmers: less and less numerous and more and more men
- Nearly three-quarters of craftsmen, tradesmen, shopkeepers and heads of business are men
- Managers and higher intellectual professionals: more and more women
- The seasonality of weddings from 1856 to 2019
- In France, nine in ten people live in a functional area
- Computer and Internet access: equipment inequalities persist according to standard of living
- France, Europe’s third largest producer of packaging
- French multinationals in 2018: 6.2 million salaried employees outside France
- Sharp increase in beneficiaries of the prime d'activité in-work benefit in 2019
- Deaths in 2020: greater increase for people born abroad than for those born in France, especially in March-April
- The purchasing power of net wages in the private sector increased by 13,1% between 1996 and 2018
- Since 2016, energy efficiency has been progressing in industry
- Completed fertility remains slightly above 2 children per woman for women born in the 1970s
- Personal services employees: three very distinct profiles
- In the first quarter of 2021, 22% of households declare a drop in income compared to March 2020
- In 2018, 18% of households in France had ever received wealth gifts and 8% had ever given ones
- Young people neither in employment nor in education or training : up to the age of 21, fewer among women than among men
- 2020 Tourism Report
- In 2021, 2.2 million people worked in a foreign-controlled company
- Due to the health crisis, the share of tourism in France's GDP falls from 4.1% in 2019 to 3.0% in 2021
- In 2017, 20% of households consumed food products produced by themselves or by another household
- 47.9 million voters registered on the French electoral rolls in May 2021
- In 2018, the average hourly wage varies by a factor of two between salaried executives and clerical, sales and services employees
- Tableware: France is the European Union’s leading producer
- A 64% fall in hotel occupancy in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared with the same quarter in 2019
- In 2020, short-time work preserves employment in the French overseas departments
- Fertility in France remained high during the 2008 economic crisis, unlike most of its neighbours
- Families in France in 2020: 25% single-parent families, 21% large families
- The fall in the number of business start-ups in the spring of 2020, followed by the strong rebound, was felt in all areas
- Boom in distance selling and home delivery business start-ups during the health crisis
- Foreign Groups Generate 12% of Turnover in the Household Goods Retail Sector
- Investments Aimed at Protecting the Environment Increase Further in 2019
- During the First Quarter of 2021, Hotel attendance was at One Third of its Usual Level
- Impact of the First Lockdown on Companies: <emphase-faible>Île-de-France</emphase-faible> More Heavily Affected than Other Territories
- Income Disparities Higher in Large Cities
- Drop in births nine months after the first lockdown: especially for the youngest and oldest women
- French multinationals in 2019: 48,200 subsidiaries outside France
- One in five persons suffered from income poverty or material and social deprivation
- Private security moderately affected by the crisis, profit margins still low
- 37.2 million dwellings in France on 1st January 2021
- France is the second largest producer of essential oils in the E.U.
- Foreign-controlled enterprises employ 2.2 million people in France in 2019
- In 2020, employment dropped for the first time since 2009
- In 2020, the Covid-19 outbreak made it more difficult to find a job after leaving school
- A historic drop in the number of marriages in 2020 due to the specific conditions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic
- Demographic dynamism weakened between 2013 and 2019, with the degradation of the natural balance
- Satisfaction and material and social deprivation in 2021
- In 2021, on average each week, one in five employees teleworked
- 48.7 million voters registered for the 2022 presidential election
- During lockdown periods, one third of persons aged 18 or over exchanged with their family every day
- One third of adults have given up on an online administrative procedure in 2021
- Tourist consumption in France fell by one third between 2019 and 2020
- Due to Covid-19 crisis, investments aimed at protecting the environment decreased in 2020
- Labour costs in France in 2020: 38.7 euros per hour worked
- Extreme poverty much more frequent and intense in the overseas departments
- In 2021, one in ten children did not go on holiday for financial reasons
- Due to the Covid-19 epidemic, life expectancy fell in 2020, particularly in the East and South of the European Union
- 82% of Internet users protected their personal data online
- 3.3 million voters established at least one proxy for the 2022 elections
- Strong rebound in tourist trips in 2021, but trips for professional purposes and travels abroad remained well below pre-crisis levels
- Despite the pandemic context, births increased in 2021 after six years of decline
- Summer 2022: tourist numbers above pre-crisis levels
- Electricity prices for business customers are expected to rise sharply in 2023
- Summer tourist numbers in 2022: campsites above their pre-crisis level
- In 2020, the United States remained the leading country for the establishment of French multinationals abroad
- In the Priority Neighbourhoods, the social impact of the health crisis faded more quickly than in other areas
- After a peak due to the health crisis, the share of young people neither in employment, nor in education, nor in training started to decrease again
- Population growth weakened in almost all regions between 2014 and 2020
- In 2020, 12% of French jobs in the market sector were under foreign control
- 37.6 million dwellings in France on January 1, 2022
- Despite the health crisis, markup rates by sector of activity remained stable in 2020
- In the East of the European Union, 28% more deaths in 2021 than in 2019
- A rebound in marriages in 2021, after a sharp fall in 2020
- In 2021, employment increased unprecedentedly
- From rural communities of municipalities to urban metropolitan areas: the great diversity of EPCI with own tax status in France
- In 2021, the decline in the number of housing assistance beneficiaries slightly less marked in the Priority Neighbourhoods
- France, third country in the European Union for metal treatment and coating
- In the private sector, the gender pay gap was around 4% for the same volume of work and job position in 2021
- Very low seasonality in tourism employment in the French overseas departments
- Fewer burglaries of dwellings since the COVID-19 health crisis over most of the French territory
- More loss of autonomy among the elderly living in their own home in the poorest <emphase-faible>départements</emphase-faible>
- For digital equipment buyers, price is more important than energy efficiency
- Since 2015, infant mortality in France has been higher than the European average
- Which French people travel?
- Employment continued to rise in 2022
- Children and grandchildren, the main beneficiaries of financial solidarity between households
- Gender pay gap in 2022
- Marriages in 2022 and 2023
- Student jobs in early 2020: four out of ten were waiters, cashiers or sales assistants
- Family name changes tripled since the <emphase-faible>Vignal</emphase-faible> law came into force
- Winter tourist season 2024: The Alps remain attractive, business tourism declines sharply
- Electricity and gas prices for business customers expected to remain well above their 2021 levels in 2024
- 49.5 million registered voters for the 2024 European elections
- In 2023, a third of Internet users felt at least one negative effect of screens
- Material and social deprivation in 2023
- Housing stock on January 1, 2024