In mainland France, Martinique, Guadeloupe and La Réunion, 1.9% of people aged 18 or over stated that they had experienced discrimination at least once in 2021 on the grounds of their skin colour, origins, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability or any other criterion recognised by law. Several grounds may be cited at the same time. The most frequently mentioned were origin (48%), skin colour (29%), then religion (25%).

When asked about the violence they had suffered and the reasons, only 2.7% of people said they had been victims of at least one type of discriminatory violence (physical, verbal or psychological) in the same year. 42% of victims cited gender as the reason, 32% physical appearance, 23% age and 21% origin.

With other comparable characteristics, young people, people with disabilities and sexual minorities reported more discriminatory behaviour, whether discrimination or discriminatory violence.

Six profiles of victims can be distinguished according to the experience of discrimination or violence of a discriminatory nature, and the reasons given. The first three profiles accounted for three quarters of victims. 37% of victims form the first profile, which was primarily associated with violence committed on the grounds of the victim's gender, physical appearance or age. A second profile (21% of victims) was made up exclusively of victims of discrimination, mainly on the grounds of origins, skin colour or religion. A third group (18%) gathered victims of discriminatory behaviour based on the same grounds, but in 80% of cases are violence only.